The Supreme Court of Pakistan Wednesday blocked all media coverage of the proceedings against suspended Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry and ordered an end to television and newspaper commentary that could "interfere" with...

The Supreme Court of Japan Wednesday dismissed two cases filed by Chinese nationals seeking compensation for Japan's use of biological weapons and the Nanjing Massacre during the Second Sino-Japanese War between...

Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signed two gay rights bills into law Wednesday, establishing civil unions for gay couples and enacting anti-discrimination measures. House Bill 2007 allows same-sex couples to enter into contractual domestic partnerships...

An Alabama grand jury issued a sealed indictment Wednesday in the 1965 shooting and death of 26-year-old Jimmie Lee Jackson by state trooper James Bonard Fowler during an attempt by state troopers to disperse a protest against...

The Iraqi Council of Representatives Wednesday approved a measure to take legal action against Al Jazeera television for alleged insults against top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani . The...

Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry Tuesday reluctantly signed a strict immigration reform bill meant to discourage illegal immigration. The Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007 denies illegal immigrants state identification, and requires...

A Zimbabwe court ruled Wednesday that British national Simon Mann could be extradited to Equatorial Guinea to face charges of plotting a coup against Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo . Mann's...

A UK court found two men guilty of violating Section 3 of Britain's Official Secrets Act by leaking a secret memo in which President Bush was said to have told UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in...

The new UK Ministry of Justice began operations Wednesday, as a controversial split of the traditional Home Office that is setting the British government against the judiciary went into effect. Lord Falconer of Thoroton [official...

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) reduced the sentence of former Bratunac brigade commander Vidoje Blagojevic from 18 to 15 years for his role in the...