Argentine authorities on Monday arrested former secret service agent Miguel Angel Furci on charges of human rights abuses committed during the nation's 1976-83 "Dirty War" . Furci, a former agent of the Secretariat of State...

The accused leader of the Toronto 18 , Fahim Ahmad, unexpectedly switched his plea to guilty on Monday in the midst of his Canadian trial on terrorism charges. Ahmad is on trial [Toronto Star...

The National Mediation Board (NMB) on Monday issued a new labor rule that will make it easier for airline and railroad workers to unionize. Under the new rule, the union must only win a majority...

Zimbabwe's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed terrorism and other charges against Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer and deputy agriculture minister-nominee Roy Bennett . Bennett, a close ally of Prime...

A Kuwaiti court on Monday acquitted eight men accused of planning to attack a US base 70 miles south of Kuwait city whom Kuwaiti authorities say have ties to al Qaeda. Defense lawyer Mohammad al-Kundari claims that the six...

US President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the US Supreme Court . If confirmed by the US Senate , Kagan would replace...

US Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday that the Obama administration plans to ask Congress to enact legislation allowing interrogators to question terror suspects for a longer period of time than currently allowed before informing them of...

The Constitutional Court of Comoros on Saturday overturned an extension of the president's term in office, holding that his mandate will end later this month. The court ruled that after the mandate ends...

Two Chinese human rights lawyers who have represented Falun Gong defendants were permanently disbarred Friday after being accused of disrupting courtrooms. In a Beijing Municipal Judicial Bureau [official website,...

Germany's constitutional court Saturday refused to issue a temporary injunction against the German government's €22.4 billion ($28.5 billion) contribution to a bailout package for Greece, which...