US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has blasted recent suggestions that a watchdog post be created to oversee conduct of federal judges. Ginsburg said the judiciary was "under assault" and called for lawyers to defend judges...

Uniting Against Terrorism: Recommendations for a global counter-terrorism strategy, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, May 2, 2006 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in...

The Moscow City Court has denied the appeal of former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky , saying it could find no grounds to reconsider Khodorkovsky's eight-year prison sentence . Khodorkovsky's lawyers have...

Amnesty International Wednesday released a report it has submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture detailing widespread torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners at US detention sites around the...

Government officials in Yemen have said that three newspapers shut down after they republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad may resume operations. The three papers, including the English-language Yemen Observer were closed and their...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, Uganda's second key witness in the treason case against opposition leader Kizza Besigye has admitted to perjury under cross-examination by Besigye's lawyers. Migadde Ssemakula, who claims he is a lieutenant...

The release of a revised US Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation has been delayed while Defense Department officials continue to debate whether a portion of the manual should remain secret. Discussions have been underway...

US Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Tuesday that a filibuster is possible for two of President Bush's nominees to federal appeals courts, White House aide Brett Kavanaugh and federal judge...

The European Union on Wednesday called off its talks with Serbia over the country's possible accession into the EU over Serbia's failure to arrest and turn over war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic...

Members of the US House and Senate on Tuesday introduced bipartisan legislation to renew the Voting Rights Act of 1965 , which prohibits voter discrimination based on race or color. Although most of the...