Iceland Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir said Sunday that the country's parliament will consider applying to join the European Union (EU) by holding a referendum when it meets on May...
Military judge Colonel James Pohl has rejected a motion to delay a military commission hearing for Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi , according to a Sunday report by the Miami...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Nijhawan v. Holder , the Court will consider whether convictions for mail, bank,...
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and 60 other groups on Friday urged the Burundian government to repeal a new law criminalizing homosexuality in the country. The law was promulgated...
Leaders of the American League of Lobbyists, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and American Civil Liberties Union on Friday asked the administration of US President Barack Obama to eliminate or...
The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday released a report by the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicating that former attorney general John Ashcroft and former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice in 2002...
The spokesman for China's Supreme People's Court , Sun Jungong, announced Wednesday that he had started writing his own blog in order to directly communicate with the public. Sun said...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Ricci v. DeStefano , where the Court will consider whether a government employer may refuse to...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday issued an order to prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi to recognize the legal rights of detained journalists Roxana Saberi and Hossein Derakhshan , according to a report...
French police arrested Jurdan Martitegi Lizaso , the alleged leader of Spain's Basque separatist group ETA , and two others during Saturday raids in which Spanish police also arrested six other...