Both houses of the Kazakhstan Parliament Friday voted unanimously to amend the constitution to authorize a referendum that would extend the term of President Nursultan Nazarbayev to 2020, bypassing two presidential elections. The...
A federal judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Thursday dismissed a request by the Ensco Offshore Company to end an alleged delay in the issuance of drilling permits....
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged the Tunisian government to investigate the recent deaths of public protestors and called on government security forces to admit use of excessive...
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday urged the United Nations (UN) not to aid alleged international war criminals after they provided transportation to Amhad Harun , whose arrest warrant was issued...
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt sent a letter on Wednesday to Florida Attorney General Pamela Bondi requesting that Florida add Kansas as an additional party plaintiff to its lawsuit ...
The number of free countries and electoral democracies dropped and the overall freedom in the Middle East and North Africa suffered for the fifth year, according to a report released Thursday by the US-based rights group Freedom...
A US bankruptcy judge approved a historic settlement on Thursday with the estate of Jeffry Picower, a friend and investor of fraudulent financier Bernard Madoff . As part of the approved settlement, Picower's widow, Barbara, has agreed...
A New York State Supreme Court judge on Monday ruled that the New York City Department of Education may release performance data on 12,000 city teachers. The order permits the Department of Education...
A California federal judge was appointed Thursday to hear the trial of Arizona shooting suspect Jared Loughner. Judge Alex Kozinski of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit appointed Judge...
The Italian Constitutional Court on Thursday struck down portions of a law backed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi that would have granted Berlusconi and other public officials...