British judge Rosalyn Higgins , a highly-respected legal scholar and international lawyer, was elected president of International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday, becoming the first woman to serve in that role. Higgins, the only...

The retrial of the first federal lawsuit against the manufacturers of Vioxx began Monday in New Orleans with jury selection. The case first went to trial last year, but was declared a mistrial in December...

The defense team in the Saddam Hussein trial said Monday that the proceedings against the deposed Iraqi dictator in the Iraqi High Criminal Court - formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal - have been fixed...

At least five people protesting the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in Danish and other European papers were killed in Afghanistan Monday when security forces and police opened fire on demonstrators as the cartoons...

A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Monday that the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority violated the constitutional separation of church and state when it seized a woman's home to help Hope Partnership for Education , a religious group, build...

Russia's Chief Military Prosecutor on Monday told the Federation Council , the upper house of parliament, that approximately 6,000 people were abused by Russian military personnel last year and 2,600 soldiers were convicted of abusing other soldiers [JURIST...

Zacarias Moussaoui was escorted from a Virginia courtroom Monday after an argument with US District Judge Leonie Brinkema during the first few minutes of jury selection in his sentencing trial . Moussaoui declared...

A lawmaking committee in the Russian parliament is considering legislation to tackle the country's increasing problem with racism and extremism, according to the chairman of committee in the State Duma . The lower parliamentary house is...

US Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the Bush administration's controversial domestic surveillance program opened Monday with testimony from US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales after senators argued over whether or not he should...

An Italian prosecutor is seeking to put 17 former Nazi SS members on trial for participation in the 1944 massacre of 700 civilians in the town of Marzabotto in Bologna. Prosecutor Marco de Paolis has asked a...