The Utah Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a University of Utah policy banning firearms on campus violates state law. In a 4-1 opinion , the court rejected the university's argument that as an autonomous...
A Sudanese judge released American journalist Paul Salopek from detention Saturday the day after a meeting between Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and visiting New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson . Late last month Salopek and two others...
The City Council of Hazleton, Pennsylvania granted tentative approval to revisions to its controversial Illegal Immigration Relief Act on Friday in an attempt to help the law survive legal challenges. The changes shift...
US and European representatives are set to continue talks next week on an airline passenger data-sharing deal after officials were unable to agree Friday on a replacement for a previous agreement struck down by the...
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counterterrorism Martin Scheinin has urged Jordan to amend an anti-terrorism law approved last month by the country's National Assembly . Scheinin noted in a...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday that it was fining the American Red Cross $4.2 million for "failure to comply with requirements under Federal laws and FDA regulations relating to...
UN legal counsel Nicholas Michel said Friday at the end of a two-day visit to Lebanon that a special tribunal to try individuals connected with the February 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri...
Conrad Black , the Canadian-born former chairman of media company Hollinger International , pleaded not guilty in Chicago Friday to the latest tax evasion charges he faces stemming from his initial November...
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet can now face human rights charges stemming from the torture of thousands of citizens at Villa Grimaldi prison , an infamous political detention center run by Pinochets secret...
The US military discovered several "torture chambers" northeast of Baghdad in May and June, Maj. Gen. Thomas R. Turner II , the senior commander of US and Iraqi forces in northern Iraq, said Friday. Turner told Pentagon reporters...