A two-year campaign to pass a physician-assisted suicide law in California has failed by one vote in a legislative committee. The state's Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 on Tuesday to reject the California Compassionate...

European Union nations may create additional requirements to family reunification where a child is older than 12 years old and arrives in the member nation as an immigrant before the rest of the family without violating fundamental family rights,...

The US Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal judge in Detroit to dismiss a lawsuit brought by eleven Democrats from the US House of Representatives seeking to halt the implementation of the Deficit Reduction...

A proposed constitutional amendment to prohibit physical desecration of the American flag failed by one vote late Tuesday to get the two-thirds Senate approval necessary to send it on to the states for ratification....

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled Tuesday that the US government violated the constitutional rights of 16 former employees of KPMG by pressuring the professional services firm to stop paying the employees' defense costs in...

A Bosnian immigrant to the United States accused of concealing his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre to gain entry went on trial Tuesday in Boston, where survivors described their ordeals in court. Marko...

The parliament of Egypt has passed a bill that restricts the government's influence over the judiciary but falls short of the reforms demanded by some judges. Although the Judicial Authority Law approved Monday by the People's...

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution adopting the report of Swiss legislator Dick Marty accusing European countries of colluding with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in transporting...

East Timor prosecutors have summoned former prime minister Mari Alkatiri for questioning about allegations that he formed a hit squad to target opponents. Alkatiri resigned from office Monday amid public protests. The...

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a request by three British bankers wanted in the US in connection with the Enron scandal to stay their extradition. David Bermingham, Gary Mulgrew, and Giles...