Russia cautioned Switzerland on Wednesday that the countries' bilateral ties would be harmed by the Swiss decision to extradite former Russian atomic energy minister Yevgeny Adamov to the US. Switzerland's Ministry of Justice [official...

The Texas Criminal Court of Appeals Wednesday reversed for a third time the death sentence of John Paul Penry , a convicted killer whose death sentence was twice reversed by the US...

A UN human rights official warned Wednesday that the UN High Commission for Refugees was facing increasingly difficult conditions that prevented it from protecting millions of threatened refugees , but that protection of those people remained an...

AP is reporting that Pentagon analyst Lawrence Franklin has pleaded guilty to giving classified information regarding potential attacks on US forces in Iraq to an Israeli embassy official and members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) [official...

Syria has removed 81 judges and improved wages, taxes and insurance for the judicial branch as part of a series of reforms, government newspaper Ath-Thawra reported Wednesday. According to the paper, the reforms were ordered by...

In Wednesday's environmental law brief, the Philippine provincial government of Marinduque , a small island about 100 miles south of Manila, filed suit Tuesday against Placer Dome Inc. seeking $100 million for environmental rehabilitation and compensation...

Russian investigators have raided the offices of various companies affiliated with the former oil giant Yukos in connection with a $7 billion money-laundering investigation, prosecutors said Wednesday. Prosecutors have previously said they were pursuing...

A group of 13 former and current employees filed a $500 million lawsuit Wednesday against the US Department of Commerce alleging that the agency discriminated in its hiring and promoting of employees. The suit, filed by 11...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments on whether the federal government can halt doctors from assisting patients in taking their own lives under an Oregon statute allowing the practice. The justices...

A third grand jury previously unrevealed by prosecutors refused to indict former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay last week, according to a written statement released late Tuesday by Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle...