Texas continued with the lethal injection execution of a convicted murderer Tuesday, despite the US Supreme Court's grant of certiorari in a case reviewing whether the method is cruel and unusual and therefore unconstitutional. On Tuesday,...

US federal Magistrate Judge Joan M. Azrack has ruled that the government must obtain warrants in order to place taps on phones that would reveal dialed digits. Under the Patriot Act , government agents are...

Peruvian President Alan Garcia pledged on Monday to act with fairness during the trial of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori , who was extradited from Chile last week after a Supreme Court of Chile ruling...

The Bush administration expressed concern Monday about recent "setbacks on press freedom and civil society" in Egypt. Commenting on a recent Egyptian government order mandating the closure of the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid , White House...

The Thai Supreme Court for Political Appointees suspended proceedings Tuesday against former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra until he and his wife, Pojamarn, are arrested and brought into court for proceedings. Thaksin has been...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that foreign prisoners do not have a cause of action under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations if police do not inform the inmate...

Violent crime in the US has increased for the second year in a row, according to the 2006 Crime in the United States report released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Monday. The FBI...

US federal judges have expressed concern about the salary gap between federal judges and lawyers in the private sector, saying that judges are resigning in greater numbers than ever before due to inadequate pay, USA Today reported Monday. According...

The military government in Myanmar on Monday threatened to punish the thousands of monks who have been leading protests against the government . The monks are protesting rights abuses by the government, including the detention...

The Israeli cabinet decided Sunday to release 90 Palestinians currently imprisoned by Israel this week in an attempt to sway Palestinian opinion, including that of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , on Israel . Aides...