Parliamentary elections in Afghanistan set for this spring may be delayed by up to two months due to technical problems, Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah said Thursday. Although many observers have...

Israel has preliminarily agreed to release around 900 Palestinian prisoners in the near future, a senior Palestinian officer said Thursday. Palestinian authorities reportedly requested the release of 5000 prisoners, but the two sides agreed on the...

Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qureia ordered a ban on civilians carrying weapons in Palestinian territories on Thursday, showing a desire for less violence in the wake of the Palestinian Authority's proposal to Israel of a mutual cease-fire....

In Thursday's international brief, senior African Union officials are reporting that the Sudanese government bombed a Darfur village Wednesday, with NGO workers present for the first time to actually witness the explosions. The announcement came...

The only remaining challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act is set to begin today in California. The lawsuit argues DOMA and California's Proposition 22 are violations of a gay couple's civil rights. California only...

World leaders and Holocaust survivors gathered in Poland Thursday to mark the 60 year anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp . The heads of state of both Israel and Germany will join those of...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is hearing arguments today in the legal fight over access to Vice President Dick Cheney's records from his 2001 energy task force . The...

The four British citizens released from Guantanamo Bay who arrived in the UK Tuesday and were later released from custody by British police still pose a terrorist threat, according to US officials....

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, Jan. 27.Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich will deliver a state of the state address today at 12 PM ET.At the EU today, Commissioner for...

Richey v. Mitchell, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Judge R. Guy Cole, Jr., January 25, 2005 [overturning UK national Kenny Richey's murder conviction and sentence and ruling that he must be released from death row in...