The Russian Duma , the lower house of parliament, approved a bill Wednesday which allows the government to ban foreign visitors who show "disrespect" to the country. Anyone found by a court to have offended Russia's...

The White House announced Wednesday that the US has officially ended its search for biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons in Iraq. White House press secretary Scott McClellan stated that while there is no longer an active search for weapons,...

Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawai acknowledged for the first time Tuesday in a televised address that in "some pockets" of Iraq people would not be able to participate in the national assembly vote scheduled for January...

In addition to its long-awaited sentencing ruling in Booker , the US Supreme Court Wednesday handed down two immigration-related decisions. In Jama v. INS , the Court narrowly held 5-4 (Souter, Stevens, Ginsburg and Breyer JJ....

Leading Wednesday's international brief, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez issued a presidential decree Tuesday creating a presidential and national land commission to implement the provisions of Venezuela's four year old land reform law. The law, called...

AP is reporting that the Supreme Court has ruled that federal judges have been improperly adding time to criminals' sentences, a decision that puts in doubt longtime sentencing rules.10:32 AM ET - The ruling is in the consolidated cases...

The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday that it has won a court order directing six advertising companies to stop sending sexually explicit spam e-mails. Read the original FTC complaint . The order was handed...

Defense arguments begin Wednesday in the military trial of Spc. Charles Graner , charged with multiple counts in connection with the highly-publicized abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib {JURIST...

Whitfield v. United States, Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, January 11, 2005 . Excerpt:As...

British Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith provided new details in a speech Tuesday on the creation of a proposed UK crime-fighting agency similar to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. The new institution, to be called the...