The US Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to file a lawsuit challenging Arizona's controversial immigration legislation , according to media reports Friday. Senior officials for the Obama administration are said to have...

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday ruled 7-0 that Canadians have a limited right to government information if the information is necessary to the effective exercise of the freedom of expression...

A UN independent human rights expert on Thursday called for the immediate release of Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other "prisoners of conscience" in order to create improved conditions...

The Taiwan High Court on Friday extended the jail sentence of former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian for two months while the former leader prepares his appeal...

A ruling was released Thursday by Judge Lewis Kaplan of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) denying a request from former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday announced that the Security Cabinet has agreed to ease the nation's land blockade of the Gaza Strip . The Israeli government has been under increasing international pressure to...

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday released a report detailing the globalization of organized crime and its threat to international security. The report specifically addressed the global...

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday indicted Pakistani-born US citizen Faisal Shahzad on 10 counts of terrorism and weapons charges related to his alleged role in...

A Utah firing squad executed inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner on Friday, after the US Supreme Court failed to stay the execution . The execution comes as the first of its kind...

Canada's Commission of Inquiry into the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182 released its final report Thursday. Led by former Canadian Supreme Court justice John Major , the Commission...