Prosecutors on Thursday filed criminal charges against Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane for allegedly leaking grand jury documents to the media to embarrass a critic, and then giving false testimony to a grand jury in...

The Department of Justice announced Wednesday settlement with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on reforms to LA prisons in an attempt to improve care for mentally ill inmates. The agreement comes after a series of...

Israeli rights group Shurat HaDin Law Center and two dozen Americans filed a lawsuit Wednesday in an attempt to block the Obama administration from releasing an estimated $100 billion in frozen Iranian funds. The plaintiffs hold...

Uganda's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the practice of refunding the price of a bride upon the dissolution of a customary marriage is unconstitutional and should be banned. In a 6-1 decision , the majority...

Libyan officials announced Thursday that they had found the body of a Libyan judge who was abducted by an affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) last month. Judge Mohamed al-Nemli's body, whose death was confirmed [Libya Herald...

A panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that a Texas voter identification law discriminated against blacks and Hispanics and violated Section 2 of the Voting...

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled to allow military trials for cases involving suspects of terrorism. The ruling follows a number of petitions to allow such trials, and is seen as a victory to the...

A judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday sentenced Irwin Lipkin, a former controller of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, to six months in prison for his involvement...

The Israel Defense Ministry on Wednesday jailed an Israeli extremists for sixth months with no charges or formal trial. It is reported that Mordechai Meyer was sent to jail in as an effort...

The UN on Wednesday said that a new report shows a significant increase in the number of women and children being hurt or killed in Afghanistan's war against the Taliban and other insurgents....