Judges on a US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit panel questioned how the Federal Communications Commission enforces indecency standards during oral arguments Wednesday in a challenge brought by the Fox television...

The Mexican judge who last month ordered the arrest of former Mexican President Luis Echeverria did so after finding there was probable cause to believe that Echeverria ordered an attack on student protesters...

Thai Army Commander-in-Chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin said Tuesday that martial law will remain in force in 35 of Thailand's 76 provinces. Martial law was imposed nationwide after the Thai military seized power from civilian...

The Cobb County School District on Tuesday agreed to remove anti-evolution stickers from its high school biology textbooks. In 2002, parents sued the suburban Atlanta school district claiming the stickers violated the separation between...

A court in the Netherlands has approved the extradition of a Dutch national to the United States to face trial for conspiring to participate in insurgent attacks on US troops in the Iraqi city of Fallujah...

US Justice Department (DOJ) prosecutors tasked with investigating allegations that US civilians abused detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan have decided not to press charges in the bulk of the cases, according to the New...

Iraqi authorities executed 13 convicted terrorists Tuesday after they were found guilty by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) of murder, rape and burning bodies. The CCCI has held 1,767 trials of insurgents since being re-organizing in 2004,...

Evans v. State of Maryland, Maryland Court of Appeals, December 19, 2006 [ruling that the state's lethal injection procedures are subject to the state's Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and therefore must be developed under the guidance of the Maryland attorney...

The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the state's lethal injection procedures are subject to the state's Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and therefore must be developed under the guidance of the Maryland attorney general,...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outlined plans Tuesday to reform the country's pacifist constitution during his time in office. A national referendum would be required before the constitution could be amended and Abe promised...