The Intermediate People's Court in the city of Shaoyang has released a Chinese journalist, Yang Xiaoqing, on bail after he served only seven months of his one-year sentence , Yang's wife said Saturday. The court...

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that Arizona can enforce a new law requiring voters to show government-issued ID cards at the polls for the November elections, reversing a decision [text,...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled that the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) , does not have authority to regulate how certain games, including blackjack and slot machines, are run...

US District Judge Lewis Babcock upheld Colorado's ban on smoking in indoor public places Friday, despite allegations that it discriminates in favor of casinos at the expense of bar owners. Babcock dismissed a suit challenging the constitutionality of the...

US Marine Pfc. John J. Jodka will plead guilty in connection with the April 26 death of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania , according to Jodka's lawyer speaking Friday. The guilty...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Friday decried any potential action by the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against Iran for continuing to enrich uranium past a August 31 deadline imposed by Security...

The Tunisian government has launched a new campaign against the public wearing of hijabs , the headscarves worn by many Muslim women in the predominantly Islamic state north African state. Police have begun stopping...

Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht won his appeal of an "admonishment" he received in May for allegedly improperly using the power of his office to support the nomination of his friend, Harriet Miers [JURIST...

A lawyer for a Muslim teaching assistant suspended by a British school for refusing to remove her full-face veil (niqab; Wikipedia backgrounder) during class said Friday she planned to appeal a local tribunal's decision to the...

The National Organization for Human Rights in Syria announced Friday that the release of jailed Syrian writer and activist Michel Kilo , who was set to be released on bail Thursday, has been delayed...