The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court decision blocking a Minnesota law imposing fines on minors who purchase adult-rated video games. A US district judge...

Entertainment Software Association, et al., v. Lori Swanson, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, March 17, 2008 [blocking a Minnesota law which imposes fines on minors who purchase adult-rated video...

Pakistani lawyers will hold nationwide protests if the reconstituted Supreme Court of Pakistan , now packed with judges loyal to President Pervez Musharraf, tries to prevent a parliamentary reinstatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and other superior...

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda asked Peruvian President Alan Garcia during talks in Tokyo Monday to ensure that former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is treated fairly during his ongoing trial on murder and kidnapping...

An Australian parliamentarian Monday introduced a bill in the Parliament of Australia that would call for the appointment of an independent reviewer to evaluate Australia's counterterrorism laws. Petro Georgiou of the Liberal Party [party...

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers sharply criticized Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in a Monday address to the Indian Supreme Court and its bar, saying that Musharraf's ouster...

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear eight cases , including FCC v. Fox Television Stations (07-582) , where the Court will review a June 2007 ruling...

Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court on Monday upheld a July 2007 decision refusing to grant medical release to jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour . The court reportedly held that Nour, who suffers from heart...

The violence that wracked Kenya after the nation's disputed 2007 presidential election was carefully organized by "local leaders, politicians, and businessmen from all sides," according to a report released Monday by Human Rights...

The human rights situation in Iraq is "disastrous" five years after the US-led invasion of the country, according to a report from Amnesty International released Monday. According to the report's introduction:Five years after...