A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Monday struck down the health care reform law as unconstitutional. The lawsuit was joined by...
Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics indicated Monday that Hungary is willing to consult with the EU over its controversial new media law. In a letter responding to the European Commission's request for more information regarding the law, Navracsics...
The US Embassy in Pakistan on Saturday demanded the prompt release of a US man who it believes has been illegally arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis, arguing the man qualifies for diplomatic...
Cuban activist and high-profile dissident Guillermo Farinas was imprisoned by Cuban authorities on Friday for the third time in 48 hours. The authorities have told Farinas that he will be jailed if he meets with other dissidents...
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Ortiz v. Jordan that a party may not appeal an order denying summary judgment after a full trial on the merits. Petitioner...
A group of independent UN human rights experts will investigate the 2009 prison death of Moscow lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, his former colleague William Browder announced Thursday. Magnitsky was arrested after implicating Russian police in a...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday renewed his support for the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) , which is investigating the 2005 murders of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22...
Irving Picard, the trustee charged with recovering money for the victims of the Bernard Madoff scandal, has filed close to 60 lawsuits in the past three weeks attempting to recover more than $40 billion from numerous...
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Monday filed a complaint in a Malaysian court over a WikiLeaks cable published by Australian newspapers stating he had engaged in sodomy. The leaked US diplomatic cable...
A court in the Italian town of Parma on Thursday convicted the founder and former chief executive of dairy giant Parmalat SpA , Calisto Tanzi , for the company's fraudulent bankruptcy, sentencing him to...
