The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the case of Roper v. Weaver , 06-313, a case in which the US Court of Appeals for...

The Bush administration on Tuesday indicated it would veto HR 1433 , a bill that would treat the Washington DC as its own Congressional district with voting rights. The policy statement said the...

The upper house of the Jordanian parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that imposes stiff fines for journalists who defame any religion protected under the country's constitution - i.e. Islam, Christianity or Judaism - or "offending...

Ecuador swore in 21 replacement legislators on Tuesday night, thus establishing a quorum for future legislative sessions after the Supreme Electoral Tribunal dismissed 57 of 100 lawmakers in early March. The controversy began...

A Russian judge has ordered imprisoned former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky moved to a detention center in Moscow during an investigation into new embezzlement and money laundering charges , according to one of...

A House Judiciary Committee panel on Wednesday authorized the committee chairman to subpoena former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove, former DOJ Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson , who resigned two...

Detainees held in secret prisons operated by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) throughout the globe were subject to abuse and sleep deprivation, according to a confidential report prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross...

Pakistani Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is accused of misusing his influence to get his son jobs and promotions, according to details released for the first time Wednesday. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf suspended ...

US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Stuart Bowen told the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that investigators will be employing stricter standards when dealing with companies performing contract work in Iraq that engage in...

British magistrate Timothy Workman ruled Tuesday that Balkan war criminal Milan Spanovic need not return to Croatia to face an international arrest warrant. Workman refused to extradite Spanovic, who was convicted of...