The US Senate Monday unanimously approved lifting a freeze on pay increases for federal judges. The freeze was imposed last month when a bill was passed by Congress to halt yearly cost-of-living raises for...

The voices of Saddam Hussein and his cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid , known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali", were heard discussing the use of chemical weapons to kill thousands in audio tapes played...

A federal judge has ruled that a former terrorist suspect can sue a county in Detroit for alleged abuse while he was in jail. Karim Koubriti, a Moroccan national, was convicted in 2003 of document fraud and conspiracy to...

The chief judge presiding over the genocide trial against Saddam Hussein for the deaths of 180,000 Kurds during the so-called "Anfal" campaigns dropped all charges against the former dictator as the...

The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that a Canadian child can legally have three parents - two mothers and a father. The case before the court involved a lesbian couple, together since 1990, one...

The European Court of First Instance on Tuesday annulled a decision by the Council of the European Union to freeze the assets of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) [organization website;...

Saddam Hussein will be immediately executed and possibly buried in secret if his death sentence is approved by the court currently considering his appeal , according to an Iraqi government official speaking to AFP on...

US District Judge Lawrence Karlton said Monday that the state of California has six months to remedy overcrowding in the state's prison system, which is 70 percent overcapacity with 173,000 total inmates, before he will decide whether...

Over 20,000 people protested in Pakistan Sunday calling on the government to withdraw new legislation that allows rape cases to be tried in either secular or Islamic courts. The Protection of Women Bill, signed by Pakistani President...

Thousands of Romanian prisoners protested Sunday demanding improved conditions in overcrowded prisons after a bill was rejected last week by a committee of the Romanian Parliament . The bill would have granted early release to approximately 10,000 prisoners...