A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's ability to conduct "targeted killings" in the case of radical Muslim cleric...
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The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments Monday in Perry v. Schwarzenegger on Proposition 8 , California's same-sex marriage ban. The hearing was divided into...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed on Monday that the prosecutor's office has opened preliminary examinations to evaluate possible war crimes committed by North Korea . ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo verified that evaluations...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Henderson v. Shinseki on the time limits for seeking judicial review of the denial of a...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Wal-Mart v. Dukes , a massive gender discrimination class action lawsuit. The issues are (1) whether claims for monetary...
A French court on Monday found US-based Continental Airlines and one of its employees guilty of manslaughter for their roles in the Air France Concorde jet crash outside Paris in 2000. The court found [CBC...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday sentenced former Rwandan Armed Forces lieutenant Ildephonse Hategekimana to life imprisonment after convicting him on charges of genocide and crimes against...
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered a stay against any amendments to Pakistan's blasphemy laws pending further proceedings. The court ruled on a petition filed by a citizen,...
A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) issued warrants on Saturday for the arrest of two police officers accused of failing to protect assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto . Special Judge of ATC Rana Nisar Ahmed...
Guinea's President-elect Alpha Conde announced Saturday that he will create a truth and reconciliation commission to address decades of ethnic and political violence. Conde said on state television that reconciliation was essential to rebuild the volatile country....
