Turkish authorities on Thursday jailed an estimated 10 individuals, including several journalists, allegedly involved with aiding the Ergenekon coup plot , amid continued foreign concerns for the treatment of journalists within the country. The arrests...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 6-2 in Pepper v. United States that judges may consider a defendant's post-sentencing rehabilitation as a permissible factor supporting a...
California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Tuesday requested that the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit lift the stay order prohibiting gay couples from marrying while an appeal of the invalidation...
The trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday declined a request from lawyers for accused Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo to stay the proceedings against him....
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously reversed a California appeals court ruling in Williamson v. Mazda Motors of America , finding that a federal minimum safety standard does...
The US House of Representatives on Thursday voted 279-143 to extend three surveillance provisions of the USA Patriot Act through May 27. The measures were set to expire on February...
UN Special Representative to Kosovo Lamberto Zannier on Wednesday requested that the UN Security Council open an independent investigation into alleged incidents of organ trafficking , inhuman treatment and other crimes by the...
The Constitutional Court of Ecuador on Wednesday certified a slate of constitutional reforms submitted by President Rafael Correa . The court amended without explanation two of the 10 referendum questions...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday upheld challenged aspects of the Canada Evidence Act , ruling that national security considerations take precedence over criminal convictions. The court affirmed the constitutionality of a provision that...
A judge in the US District Court for the Central District of Illinois on Tuesday ruled that the state did not unconstitutionally advocate religion by financially contributing to the restoration of the Bald Knob Cross of Peace...