Both the Philippines Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday passed bills repealing the country's 12-year old death penalty law in a move that brings the country one step closer to abolishing...
The head of the criminal division of the US Justice Department , testifying Tuesday at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee , reiterated the DOJ's position that the federal government has the authority to...
A British lesbian couple married in British Columbia, Canada, in 2003 argued in the High Court in London Tuesday that their same-sex marriage should be recognized in British law, challenging the Civil Partnership Act 2004 which...
A committee of the Kenyan National Assembly has shelved the latest version of a long-pending anti-terrorism bill , saying it will not be debated until the United States accepts responsibility for attacks on American interests in...
The sole surviving hostage-taker in the 2004 Beslan school siege has filed an appeal of last week's guilty verdict with the Supreme Court of North Ossetia. Claiming Nurpashi Kulayev's conviction was "unlawful and...
Progress in eliminating human trafficking which victimizes some 800,000 worldwide is slow, and countries such as Belize, Burma, Iran, Laos, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zimbabwe have failed to effectively combat it, the US Department...
The US Senate continues debate Tuesday on the Marriage Protection Amendment , a proposal for a constitutional amendment defining marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman. Sponsored by...
Former Yukos oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been placed in solitary confinement for violating a prison rule for the third time, Khodorkovsky's lawyer Denis Dyatlev said Monday. Khodorkovsky ...
The father of a fallen Marine has filed the first lawsuit brought by the family of a servicemember against the renegade Westboro Baptist Church of...
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday requested that the Federal Communications Commission hold back approval of a merger between telecommunications giants AT&T and BellSouth until the FCC...