The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced Wednesday that it will conduct a public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa , an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died in British...

The Indiana Court of Appeals Tuesday ruled that a 2006 state law barring convicted sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school, public park or youth center is unconstitutional...

The curator of a Russian art gallery has been charged with "inciting hatred" for hosting an exhibit of art banned from other galleries, including pieces that mocked the Russian Orthodox Church and the nation's military,...

A coalition of anti-war activists represented by the Constitutional Law Clinic at Rutgers University Law School-Newark Tuesday filed a lawsuit in US District Court for New Jersey seeking a declaratory judgment that...

The US Department of Defense has still not issued security clearances to civilian lawyers seeking to participate in the defense of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other detainees held...

US immigration agents transiting involuntarily sedated immigration deportees through foreign countries have been challenged by local authorities, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. The paper said French and Belgian law enforcement officials had raised objections to the sedation of individuals...

Italian Judge Oscar Magi ruled on Wednesday that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can be called to testify in the trial of 26 Americans and several former Italian intelligence officials for the...

Ecuador's election court announced Wednesday that a two-year suspension from politics for former Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez, had formally come to an end Sunday, leaving him free to run for...

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told Australian news service Sky News Wednesday that his government is considering bringing a lawsuit against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [court...

The Federal Court of Malaysia Wednesday rejected an appeal by five ethnic Indian protesters being detained by Malaysian authorities under a controversial security law. The five detainees, prominent members of the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) [advocacy...