UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Heiner Bielefeldt said Tuesday that states should refrain from using official state religions as a means to enhance their national identity politics, "as this may have...

Samsung Electronics filed a patent suit on Tuesday in the Seoul Central District Court in South Korea alleging Apple infringed three of its utility patents. Samsung alleges that Apple's iPhone 4S...

A judge in the Dane County Circuit Court on Tuesday issued an injunction temporarily blocking enforcement of the state's controversial new voter identification law, Wisconsin Act 23 . The injunction was issued by Circuit...

US Attorney General Eric Holder , in a speech Monday, framed the Obama administration's policy toward the targeted killing of US citizens abroad who are members of al Qaeda . Holder's comments also...

The Georgia State Senate passed a bill Monday that would ban illegal immigrants from state colleges and universities. The bill was approved with a 34-19 vote . According to the bill's sponsor,...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled Friday that a portion of Maryland's handgun permit law is unconstitutional because it violates the Second Amendment . Judge Benson Everett Legg ruled...

A jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Tuesday convicted financier Allen Stanford on charges of orchestrating a $7 billion Ponzi scheme affecting investors in both...

UN Special Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggya on Monday outlined the risks and challenges faced by human rights journalists and media workers , and called for additional protection of those workers. The report indicated that, "journalists and...

The US Supreme Court announced Monday that they will rehear arguments in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum , a case dealing with corporate liability for human rights violations occurring overseas. The court originally took the case in...

Former prime minister of Iceland Geir Haarde went on trial Monday on charges of negligence relating to the 2008 financial crisis . The charges stem from the collapse of the country's three major...