The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases, including Altria Group v. Good , 07-562, in which the Court will consider whether the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act ...

Senior officers in the Ugandan military could held responsible for the use of child soldiers under a new US law, according to a Monday report in Kampala's Daily Monitor. The Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008...

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Monday renewed his call for the arrest of Ugandan rebel leader and war crimes suspect Joseph Kony after new...

The US Supreme Court on Monday began its 2008 term , in which it has agreed to hear cases involving pre-emption of state law, the separation of church and state, and broadcast indecency,...

Officials for Bank of America announced Monday that they have agreed to an $8.4 billion settlement in response to allegations by 11 state attorneys general that subsidiary Countrywide Financial engaged in deceptive business...

Italy's Constitutional Court was asked Saturday to rule on a new law granting top Italian lawmakers immunity from prosecution while in office as a judge in Milan formally suspended a long-running corruption case...

US Department of Justice officials announced Friday that a private security company contracted by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and four of its executives and employees have been charged with conspiracy, major fraud and wire...

Kenyan police Saturday confirmed that Ethiopian authorities have released eight suspected Kenyan terrorists, saying that the suspects have been reunited with their families. Kenyan authorities rendered the suspects to Somalia in early 2007, where they were handed over to...

The US Department of Defense Friday announced the referral of nine terrorism-related charges against Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani , who is accused of involvement in the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania...

The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on Friday reopened its courthouse in Kosovo's northern city of Mitrovica. The courts were closed after being taken over by Serbian protesters in March...