Gabon police arrested Rwandan doctor Jean-Chrysostome Ndindabahizi on charges of conspiracy to commit genocide, crimes against humanity and murder in connection to the 1994 Rwandan genocide , according to Rwandan National Public Prosecution...

A federal judge on Thursday denied a request to delay the corruption trial of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich in order for his defense lawyers to review a decision by US Supreme Court limiting...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled 4-3 that the European Convention on Human Rights does not mandate that member states recognize same-sex marriages . The applicants, an...

Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris said Thursday that members of a recently-appointed UN panel will not be permitted to enter the country to investigate allegations of human rights abuses during the last...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday formally apologized to the families of the victims of the 1985 Air India bombing for the government's failure to prevent the attack. The apology comes...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 8-0 in Morrison v. National Australia Bank that the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (SEA) does not provide a...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in Skilling v. United States that the "honest services" doctrine is not unconstitutionally vague under...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 8-1 in Doe #1 v. Reed that the First Amendment does not bar a state from releasing identifying information...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-4 in Magwood v. Patterson that a federal habeas corpus petition is not "second or successive" when a new judgment intervenes between...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in Granite Rock Co. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters that federal courts have jurisdiction to determine if a collective bargaining...