The UN Security Council unanimously voted Saturday to impose new sanctions on Iran for continuing to enrich uranium in violation of a December 2006 resolution. Security Council Resolution 1747 broadens the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a civil contempt ruling against former University of South Florida professor Sami al-Arian Friday, rejecting al-Arian's argument that his plea...

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Saturday defended proposed constitutional amendments - including those that will prohibit religious political parties and give the state sweeping power to prosecute terror-related offenses in special courts -...

Colombian appellate judge Leonor Perdomo ordered the release of ex-intelligence chief Jorge Noguera Friday on the grounds that Noguera was "illegally and unconstitutionally being deprived of his freedom" because chief prosecutor Mario Iguaran had not personally issued...

The individual records of approximately 90 percent of juvenile inmates in Texas will be examined following allegations by families and community activists that prison officials arbitrarily extended sentences or in retaliation for inmates filing grievances. Commission Special Master Jay...

Documents released Friday night by the US Department of Justice show the direct involvement of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in a November 27 meeting to fire eight US Attorneys ,...

Iran detained eight British Royal Navy sailors and seven Royal Marines in waters along the disputed Iraq-Iran border Friday, denouncing the British forces for their "illegal and interventionist" into Iranian territorial waters. British Foreign...

Guice v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, March 23, 2007 [ruling denying certification of a class in a suit against State Farm Insurance brought by policyholders whose claims were rejected...

A US federal judge Friday refused to dismiss terrorism support charges against Jose Padilla , finding that Padilla's 3 1/2 years in custody as an "enemy combatant" did not violate his constitutional...

The Russian Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Republican Party one of Russia's oldest opposition parties, was too small to be considered a political party under a 2004 Russian law and...