The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) praised the High Court of Kenya Tuesday for upholding the asylum right of urban refugees and expressed hope the government of Kenya will now resume legal services. Last week the...

Defense lawyers for detainee Ibrahim Idris have argued that he is too mentally and physically ill to remain at Guantanamo Bay in a habeas corpus petition filed at the US District Court for...

Czech prosecutors on Monday asked the Chamber of Deputies , the lower house of parliament, to strip former prime minister Petr Necas of his immunity so that they may investigate his part in a...

Ohio Governor John Kasich signed new abortion restrictions into law Sunday night as part of the state's budget . The provisions will require ultrasounds for anyone seeking an abortion, make it more difficult for family...

A Bahraini high criminal court on Monday acquitted two police officers on trial for the torture of six Shiite doctors during the uprising against the Sunni regime in 2011. The Grand Criminal Court's Third Chamber acquitted the two officers...

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was convicted Monday on charges of underage prostitution and abuse of power. The Milan court sentenced Berlusconi to seven years in prison and barred him from public office...

The US Supreme Court on Monday released two opinions that narrow the scope of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , holding that an employer will only be held vicariously liable for an employee's...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a lower court's ruling that dismissed a challenge to Arizona's Proposition 100 , a voter-approved amendment which denies bail to undocumented immigrants...

The Swiss government cannot reopen the corruption charges against Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari because the statutory limitations period has lapsed, Pakistan Law Minister Zahid Hamid announced Wednesday. Swiss authorities sent their position in February of this...

Senior Libyan Judge Mohammed Naguib was assassinated Sunday by an unidentified gunman outside of the courthouse in Derna. Chairman of the Court of Cassation in Green Mountain province Judge Abdel-Aziz Mustafa al-Trabelsi confirmed that his...