The European Commission said Wednesday that they will seek guidance from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) before moving forward with the ratification of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) , a controversial...

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) sent a letter to US officials Tuesday urging an investigation into the crackdown against protesters by forces loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh [official website, in...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has released its annual Attacks on the Press report , expressing concern about increased censorship of journalists worldwide in 2011. The CPJ criticized the growing trend of government censorship, especially Internet...

The New Jersey Superior Court on Tuesday reinstated one count of a marriage equality lawsuit against the state's civil union system, reversing the court's own decision to dismiss the count...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Tuesday for an increase in efforts to curb transnational organized crime, drug trafficking and piracy in West Africa. In an address to the UN Security Council ,...

The High Administrative Court of Egypt ruled Monday that the voting system used in the recent parliamentary election was unconstitutional. The election was held over three stages from late November to January, and its the elaborate...

Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan appointed a commission on Wednesday to investigate the violence that accompanied his rise to power. Hassan assumed power of Maldives when former president Mohamed Nasheed resigned on February 7 following...

Proponents of Proposition 8 , California's same-sex marriage ban, on Tuesday requested a new hearing before the full US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit . The request comes after a three-judge...

Judge Clark Waddoups of the US District Court for the District of Utah said Tuesday that he would delay his ruling on Utah's immigration law until the US Supreme Court rules on...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of wrongful death claims by the families of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees, Yasser Al-Zahrani of Saudi...