Human rights groups and nongovernmental organizations sent a letter on Monday to Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras urging him to end the "containment" of asylum seekers in island camp, which violates human rights, and transfer them to the mainland...

Attorneys general from 17 US states urged Congress in a letter Monday to abandon legislation that would require states to validate concealed-carry gun permits issued in another state, regardless of their own gun law restrictions. The attorneys general...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland (ACLU-MD) on Friday filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit against the Board of Education of Frederick County over allowing transgender students to use the restroom...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on Wednesday withdrew the foreign ministry's warning to the head of the UN International Commission Against...

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called Christmas Day bomber, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado alleging violations of his constitutional rights. Abdulmutallab,...

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called Christmas Day bomber, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Colorado alleging violations of his constitutional rights. Abdulmutallab, who attempted to detonate an underwear bomb ...

The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on Wednesday withdrew the foreign ministry's warning to the head of the UN International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) , Iván Velásquez. The...

Iraq's Supreme Justice Council on Thursday ordered the arrest of Kurdistan Regional Government Vice President Kosrat Rasul on charges of "provocation" against Iraq's armed forces. The court order comes after Rasul has spoken out against the increased military...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that a 90-year-old cross shaped monument in Maryland violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment . The monument, erected in 1925 to honor...

A Brazilian congressional committee voted Wednesday to reject corruption charges against President Michel Temer. The charges are related to a corruption case against meatpacking company JBS . The charges...