The Obama administration on Monday backed a proposal that would prevent a repeal of the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy from taking effect until the completion of a comprehensive review of...
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The Netherlands District Court of Rotterdam on Tuesday commenced the first European trial of Somali pirates under charges of "sea robbery" for hijacking a cargo ship registered in...
Former Russian prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov on Monday testified that former president Vladimir Putin ordered the arrest of former oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky for political reasons. Testifying...
Several international human rights and jurist organizations on Monday petitioned the UN to support Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon in his inquiry into human rights violations during the Spanish Civil War ...
A Kenyan constitutional court ruled Monday that inclusion of Islamic "Kadhi" courts in the nation's current constitution is illegal and discriminatory. The Kadhi court system, which elevates Islam over the country's other religions,...
US President Barack Obama sent legislation to Congress on Monday that would give the president the ability to force Congress to vote on a repeal of spending provisions once they have been signed into law. Under the...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. that fee claimants filing lawsuits under the Employee Retirement Income Security...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-1 in United States v. Marcus that the lower court had misapplied precedent interpreting plain error in an alleged ex post facto...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in United States v. O'Brien that the question of whether a firearm is a machine gun must be proved to the...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in American Needle v. NFL that the National Football League (NFL) and its member teams are not...
