The disciplinary committee of Spain's General Judicial Council said Wednesday that it will investigate why Spanish judge Juan Del Olmo failed to apply for an extension of the detainment of a suspect in the...

Washington's gay civil rights act took effect on Wednesday, after opponents of the legislation failed to collect enough signatures to put the bill before voters. The law rewrites Washington's Civil Rights Act to include the...

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday revived debate on the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act (FAIR) at a Judiciary Committee hearing to discuss changes to the...

The Chinese government has postponed the trial against former New York Times researcher Zhao Yan , which was scheduled to begin Thursday, Zhao's lawyer said Wednesday. Zhao was indicted for "providing state secrets to foreigners" following a...

A Dutch court convicted arms dealer Guus Kouwenhoven of violating the UN embargo against former Liberian President Charles Taylor's government, but found him not guilty of war crimes, saying he did not have direct knowledge of...

Fourteen European countries collaborated with the US Central Intelligence Agency by taking an active or passive role in a "global spider's web" of secret prisons and rendition flights, Swiss legislator Dick Marty said Wednesday in a report ...

French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday that he supports changing a proposed immigration bill now under debate in the French Senate to allow some children of illegal immigrants currently attending French...

American jurists control the court trying Saddam Hussein by directing the judge and controlling meetings between the defense team and Hussein, one of Hussein's lawyers said Tuesday. In a Beirut news conference, Bushra al-Khalil, the controversial...

The US Senate Wednesday morning voted 49-48 against holding an up-or-down vote on the Marriage Protection Amendment , rejecting a motion to invoke cloture . Though the Senate voted to continue...

Over 250 Afghans were arrested, 141 are still in custody, and 52 have confessed to crimes committed during anti-American riots in Kabul last week in response to an incident where a US military vehicle collided with 12...