The Court of Cassation in Kuwait on Tuesday reversed former Guantanamo Bay detainee Nasser al-Mutairi's conviction on terrorism charges, including endangering Kuwait's foreign relations by taking up arms against a foreign nation. Mutairi,...

US District Judge Royce C. Lamberth on Monday ruled that a group of Hasidic Jewish plaintiffs could go forward with a lawsuit against the Russian government for the return of 18th century religious texts...

A Japanese court on Friday ordered the government of Japan to pay 468 million yen to 61 Japanese plaintiffs who were displaced as children in China after World War II. The plaintiffs - known as "war...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has abandoned plans to decrease the frequency of reporting requirements for the release of toxic chemicals by polluting companies, it was announced Thursday. The changes would have required polluters to report every...

Protestors demonstrated Thursday outside the Dutch Parliament building against the Netherlands' plan to completely ban the wearing of the full-length Muslim burqa and the niqab , the Muslim headscarf for women that leaves only...

The US government agreed to pay $2 million Wednesday in a settlement agreement with Brandon Mayfield, the attorney arrested and detained for two weeks in May 2004 after the FBI mistakenly established that his fingerprints...

Significant racial and ethnic discrimination and violence persist in European Union countries, according to a report released by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) Tuesday. According to the report, victimized...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Massachusetts v. EPA , 05-1120, a case where 12 states and several environmental groups are challenging an Environmental...

Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said Friday that the government would investigate allegations that Netherlands military personnel abused Iraqi prisoners in 2003 by subjecting them to sleep deprivation, high-pitched noises and bright lights. According to a...

The South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development said Thursday that it is currently considering 1,107 applications for relief from prisoners claiming their incarceration is politically motivated. According to Minister Brigitte Mabandla, the South African constitution...