A Pakistani judge, five lawyers, court officials and relatives of prisoners on trial were among 15 people killed when a suicide bomber attacked a district court while it was in session in Quetta, Pakistan on Saturday. Over 24 were...

New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner issued an opinion Friday concluding that same-sex marriages and civil unions from out-of-state jurisdictions will be afforded "all of the rights and benefits of...

US District Judge Marcia Cooke ruled Friday that US military lawyer, prison doctors and staff must testify at a hearing next week concerning the treatment of Jose Padilla while under military custody....

The Utah Supreme Court Friday restricted parental rights to biological parents in the cases of unmarried parents raising children related by blood to only one partner. The case at issue involved a five-year old girl conceived in...

The England and Wales Court of Appeals (Criminal Division) ruled Friday that UK terrorism laws do not allow for a "freedom fighter" defense . The defendant in the case, a Libyan identified as "F", was arrested...

A Turkish court sentenced the conspirators of the 2003 Istanbul bombings Friday, handing down seven life sentences. In addition, 41 of the 74 defendants received prison sentences ranging from four to 18 years; the...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday that the United States has consistently failed to investigate and prosecute allegations of abuse of Afghan detainees. The group welcomed this week's prison sentence for CIA contractor...

Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks gathered intelligence on the US embassy in Kabul and "participated in an advanced al Qaeda course on information collection and surveillance" before being captured in 2001 while fighting with the...

The Italian Court of Cassation ruled Friday that former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should face trial in an appeals court on corruption charges . Berlusconi was accused of bribing judges to stop...

A Russian court on Friday upheld the 2004 sale of the top production unit of now-bankrupt oil company Yukos . Yuganskneftegaz was auctioned off after Yukos was held liable for over $20 billion...