The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday ruled that the federal courts were not authorized to grant compensation to the Chagossians , a group of Indian Ocean islanders forced from...

A Superior Court judge in Alameda County, California on Friday threw out a lawsuit challenging the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) , the $3 billion stem cell research program that was approved in Proposition 71 [CA AG...

The Israel High Court of Justice has ruled that the Israeli government can continue construction of the security fence it has been building around the city of Jerusalem, rejecting Palestinian requests for injunctions to delay...

Nepal police on Wednesday arrested approximately 250 college professors who were protesting in the town Pokhara against the direct government of King Gyanendra . Organizers set up the demonstration in violation of government-imposed curfew meant to...

The Federal Election Commission on Tuesday announced that mortgage corporation Freddie Mac has agreed to pay a $3.8 million fine to settle accusations that it directly raised campaign funds for...

Pointing to a letter written by lawyers representing Zacarias Moussaoui and a motion filed with the court by federal public defenders who represented Richard Reid , the so-called "shoe bomber," US District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema on Friday...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a 2-1 decision Friday ruled that a Los Angeles ordinance that subjects the homeless to arrest if they are caught "sitting, lying or...

Lawyers familiar with the case of former University of South Florida computer science professor Sami al-Arian said Friday that the Kuwait-born Palestinian activist had agreed to a deal with federal prosecutors in which he would...

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in a 2002 memorandum of understanding with three federal agencies agreed to reclassify approximately 10,000 public intelligence documents, taking them out of the public view. NARA made the...

The UK Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision holding that Australian terror suspect David Hicks should be granted British citizenship, dismissing an appeal from Britain's Home Office...