Despite reforms giving women the right to vote, drive, and run for many government offices, hundreds of Iranian women staged a protest on Sunday demanding a right still denied them - the right to run for president...

A man identified from a graphic video shot during the Srebrenica massacre of Bosnian Muslims in 1995 was arrested on Monday in Croatia. Slobodan Davidovic had recently admitted to the New York Times [New...

The Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) said Monday that an Iraqi investigatory judge has questioned former dictator Saddam Hussein regarding the killing of nearly 160 men in the predominantly-Shiite village of Dujail, a case identified last week [JURIST...

In a significant denial of certiorari Monday, the US Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge by accused "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla to his status as an enemy combatant after Padilla asked...

The US Supreme Court on Monday let stand without comment a lower court ruling that overturned new FCC regulations that would have allowed greater media consolidation. Several major media conglomerates, including News Corp. , Clear Channel ,...

Wilkinson, et al. v. Austin et al., Supreme Court of the United States, June 13, 2005 . Excerpt from the Opinion by Justice Kennedy:We...

Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd, et al., Supreme Court of the United States, June 13, 2005 [ruling unanimously that drug companies can do "pre-clinical studies" under FDA rules on an existing patented drug in the process of developing...

Miller-El v. Dretke, Supreme Court of the United States, June 13, 2005 ....

Johnson v. California, Supreme Court of the United States, June 13, 2005 [rejecting 8-1 a California Supreme Court requirement that a racially discriminatory bias can be found only if it is more likely than not that striking of a juror...

In a unanimous decision Monday, the US Supreme Court declined to impose stricter procedural limits on decisions by state officials to place certain inmates in "super-maximum security" prisons. Read the Court's opinion in...