A California appeals court ruled Tuesday that domestic partners, like married couples, can inherit real estate from one another without an increase in property taxes. The Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento found that...

Russia's top prosecutor has denied a move by a descendant of Russia's Tsar Nicholas II to have the Romanovs declared "political victims," Russia's RIA-Novosti reported Wednesday. Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna Romanov , a Spanish resident, was...

Lawyers representing twelve members of the US House of Representatives who were subpoenaed last month in the criminal trial of a defense contractor charged with bribing former US Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham filed motions in...

A Russian court began hearings against a renowned political commentator Tuesday, with prosecutors using expanded anti-extremism laws originally designed to combat racism and xenophobia but broadened in July to include activities taken for "political or ideological hatred."...

The European Union is monitoring possible human rights violations in Bangladesh , the Bangladeshi New Age reported Wednesday. The paper quoted Netherlands EU ambassador Bea Ten Tusscher as saying that the EU is concerned about several particular...

Approximately 2000 lawyers and activists, led by the Malaysian Bar Council , launched a large protest in Malaysia's capital, Wednesday, calling for an investigation into judicial corruption. Unrest has grown in the country following last week's...

Private security contractors operating in Iraq work largely above the law due to legal loopholes, according to a Thursday New York Times report on the aftermath of Sunday's shooting death of at least eight Iraqi civilians at the...

A federal judge ruled Thursday that two New Jersey students can protest against a school uniform policy by wearing buttons that depict uniform-clad Hitler Youth . Judge Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. of the District...

A Japanese district court Wednesday rejected demands for compensation by 22 South Korean women, as well as the surviving relatives of other women, who were forced to work at a Japanese military hardware factory during World...

Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev Wednesday called for a national referendum on amending the Kyrgyzstan constitution to elect parliament members by party list rather than by direct election, saying such a change would help...