The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that the conviction and 210 month prison sentence of Juan Francisco Salazar, who was convicted of tampering with a witness in a drug trial,...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision Friday that provisions in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 establishing the Public Company...
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Friday abandoned a pilot program it created to allow certain illegal immigrants to coordinate their removal from the US with ICE without the risk of home...
A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California found two US Marines in contempt of court Friday after the two declined to testify against their former squad leader in a trial over...
Three of the largest brokerage firms in the US reached a settlement with the New York Attorney General's office and securities regulators representing 48 states on Thursday, agreeing to pay $10 billion to investors who...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) assigned a new panel of judges Thursday to the upcoming war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic . The changes come...
The possibility that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will face impeachment increased Saturday as a spokesman for the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) , the main ruling party in the country, said it will not...
Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre and eleven other rebel commanders were sentenced to death Friday in a Chadian court for crimes against the state after a mass trial in which dozens were tried. Habre...
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic presented a formal request to the UN General Assembly Friday seeking a determination by the International Court of Justice on the legality of Kosovo's February declaration...
The United Nations Committee on Human Rights has criticized British libel laws for stifling freedom of speech, according to Thursday media reports. In a report issued after its 93rd session in Geneva,...