Washington state Governor Chris Gregoire announced Wednesday that she plans to introduce legislation that would not deny marriage licenses to couples based on their sexual orientation and would permit same-sex marriages to...

A panel of three judges in the US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia ruled 2-1 Tuesday that West Virginia's congressional redistricting plan, signed into law last August, is unconstitutional. The Jefferson...

The Spanish government has approved a new law that creates a government agency with the authority to force Internet service providers to block certain websites that are involved in pirating copyrighted material, reports said on Tuesday. Under the Sinde...

The Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) published a draft law Monday establishing guidelines for the election of the assembly that will create Libya's new constitution. The law would ban any former members...

A three-judge panel of the Provincial Court of Justice of Sucumbios in Lago Agrio, Ecuador, on Tuesday upheld a multi-billion dollar fine against Chevron for polluting the Amazon Jungle in the 1980s. The...

Former Turkish president Kenan Evren and former air force commander Tahsin Sahinkaya have been charged with crimes against the state in connection with a 1980 military coup and could face life imprisonment, according to Tuesday reports. Evren...

Former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali went on trial in absentia Tuesday before a military court. The trial will focus on who ordered snipers to kill 41 protesters during last year's Tunisian revolution...

The five-member prosecution team on Tuesday began presenting its case against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak . Mubarak is facing charges of complicity by ordering the killings of at least 840 protesters ...

The daughter of former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was sentenced on Tuesday to six months in prison after being convicted of spreading propaganda against the country's current government. Faezeh Hashemi, who is a former member...

The Israeli Knesset passed a new law on Tuesday that changes the rules governing the selection of Supreme Court justices. The contentious law has been criticized for undermining the independence of the judiciary...