A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Thursday dismissed a constitutional challenge to the National Day of Prayer (NDP) . The decision overturns last year's decision [JURIST...

A suspected Somali pirate leader appeared for a detention hearing in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Wednesday after his March 8 indictment was unsealed. In his announcement, US...

Tunisian Justice Minister Lazhar Karoui Chebbi announced Wednesday that the government has charged former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali with 18 offenses ranging from murder and...

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Thursday indicted former Croat soldier Miroslav Anic for war crimes against Bosnian Muslim civilians allegedly committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian civil war . The indictment...

International maritime piracy reached an all-time high in the first quarter of 2011, says a report released Thursday by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) . The ICC's piracy...

Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik initiated legislation in the National Assembly of Republika Srpska on Wednesday to challenge the legitimacy of Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH)...

The Italian Chamber of Deputies approved legislation by a vote of 314-296 Wednesday to shorten the statute of limitations for criminal trials of defendants who do not have prior convictions. The...

A judge for Ontario's Superior Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that the country's marijuana laws are unconstitutional. Justice David Taliano invalidated the Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR) , finding that the program's mechanisms...

The lawyer for alleged Nazi concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk requested Wednesday that Demjanjuk's trial for accomplice to murder be suspended in order to investigate an Associated Press report stating that a recently...

Spanish Judge Eloy Velasco announced Wednesday that the National Court would not investigate six Bush administration officials pursuant to torture claims from Guantanamo Bay , in response to a letter from the US Department of...