A Wisconsin circuit court judge will rule on Monday whether to issue a permanent injunction to block Wisconsin's voter identification law, Wisconsin Act 23 . Dane County Circuit Court Judge Richard Niess's ruling will come on...

Five detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility agreed to be transferred to Qatar, a spokesperson for Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced Saturday. The detainees, who are associated with the Taliban [CFR...

United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron spoke on new plans to reform the nation's adoption process, basing it on speed rather than ethnicity. Currently, white children are three times more likely to be adopted than...

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo expressed his support on Thursday for a campaign by Invisible Children to capture alleged Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony [BBC profile; JURIST...

A federal judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled Thursday that New York City may be liable for up to $128 million in backpay to minorities...

The Supreme Court of Mississippi ruled 6-3 on Thursday that the pardons of nearly 200 people by Governor Haley Barbour (R-MS) were valid, despite a challenge by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood . Barbour...

The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would require voters to show photo ID at the polls. Supporters of the proposed legislation say that it will combat voter fraud, but opponents fear...

The European Union said Wednesday that Hungary must change two controversial laws that went into effect with the country's new constitution on January 1 in order to comply with EU law before aid will...

The North Cairo Criminal Court on Thursday acquitted a police officer, Mohamed Abdel Moneim, charged with killing 20 protesters and injuring another 15 protesters. Moneim's defense lawyers argued that he was just attempting to protect himself and the police...

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday demanded a 28-year prison sentence for former Serb nationalist politician and war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj . Delivering...