The US Department of Justice (DOJ) took federal prosecutors' political activities and connections to the conservative Federalist Society into account in deciding whether to retain or dismiss them, according to documents released Friday by the...

Poland's parliament Friday rejected constitutional amendments that would have strengthened the country's anti-abortion laws. Poland's current 1993 abortion law is already one of Europe's strictest, allowing abortions only when the woman's health is threatened by pregnancy, the...

A group of Argentine veterans of the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict have filed a lawsuit alleging that the Argentine military tortured and killed its own troops during the brief war with Britain over possession of the...

The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) said Wednesday that it may file for an injunction to prevent the Canadian military from transferring Afghan detainees to Afghan police custody after the Canadian government failed to meet a...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and White House counsel Harriet Miers were deeply involved in discussions about the firings of federal prosecutors , according to testimony Thursday from former Gonzales chief...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied Thursday that the Japanese government had pressured a Shinto shrine to honor war criminals after the National Diet Library released documents suggesting that the government was deeply...

The Maryland Senate passed a bill Wednesday to ignore the US Electoral College in presidential elections, instead awarding the state's 10 electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. Currently, the state's...

A Japanese court threw out a lawsuit by a group of Japanese abandoned in China as children after Japan's defeat in World War II, officials said Thursday. Plaintiffs had alleged that the government was responsible for...

A Muslim woman filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against a judge who asked her to remove her niqab in court, claiming the request violated her First Amendment right to practice her religion. In...

The Russian Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Russian Peace Party was too small to be considered a legitimate political party under a 2004 law and should be shut down. According to the Federal Registration...