Many European countries were aware that the US Central Intelligence Agency operated secret prisons or used their territory for the transfer of terror suspects, according to a report released Tuesday by a European Parliament...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. , 04-1350, a case involving a fight over a patent on adjustable...

The National Education Association (NEA) joined three school districts on Tuesday in appealing the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged the funding of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) [PDF text; executive summary; US...

A three-judge panel of the UK Court of Appeal on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to overturn his conviction on incitement-to-murder charges . In...

A motion recognizing the people of Quebec as a "nation" within Canada passed the Canadian House of Commons Monday by a vote of 266-16. The motion, introduced last week by Prime Minister Stephen Harper [official...

Australian state and territory attorneys general demanded action Tuesday in the case of David Hicks , an Australian detainee held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002. Upset that the US has failed to charge Hicks...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Tuesday reduced the sentence of local Bosnian Serb politician Blagoje Simic from 17 to 15 years, after reversing one of his...

The Thai cabinet Tuesday approved a measure to lift martial law in 41 of the country's 76 provinces, including Bangkok, despite a recommendation by coup leader and Army Commander-in-Chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin Monday to retain martial law...

A group of United Nations human rights experts on Tuesday urged the Iraqi government to refrain from carrying out the death sentence imposed on Saddam Hussein earlier this month for crimes against humanity [charging...

Two Russian prosecutors were convicted Monday of accepting a $10,000 bribe from a construction company in the country's latest example of corruption in the court and police systems. Sergei Kocherov and Ruslan Fedosenko of the district prosecutor's office in...