American Atheists (AA) , a group that supports the separation of church and state, filed a lawsuit Monday against the display of a cross at the World Trade Center (WTC) memorial. The cross, two intersecting beams...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Ethiopian government Monday to stop using a "restrictive and vague" counterterrorism law to repress free speech. The Anti-Terrorism Proclamation of 2009 provides for penalties of...

Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich by a jury in the US District...

Four former Guatemalan soldiers plead not guilty to war crimes charges Tuesday as the first war crimes trial over the 1982 Dos Erres massacre began. Carlos Antonio Carias, Manuel Pop, Reyes Collin and Daniel Martinez are accused ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday ruled 8-6 that law enforcement officers are permitted to obtain DNA samples from arrestees. Law enforcement officers sought a DNA sample from defendant Ruben...

The Maltese parliament passed new legislation Monday legalizing divorce in a historic move for the predominantly Roman Catholic country. The Malta House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the bill with 52 votes...

New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms (NYCF) and Torah Jews for Decency (TJD) filed a complaint on Monday challenging the Marriage Equality Act , which allows same-sex couples to marry in the state. The plaintiffs...

Accused war criminal Goran Hadzic on Monday refused to enter a plea before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . Hadzic was extradited to The Hague last Friday, where he now...

A Turkish court on Monday sentenced Ogun Samast for murdering Turkish-Armenian author Hrant Dink , journalist and former editor of the newspaper Agos , who was shot and killed in...

An Egyptian criminal court on Monday postponed the trial of former interior minister Habib el-Adly until August 3. El-Adly and Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak face charges of killing pro-democracy protesters during the...