The Rwandan Supreme Court on Friday rejected the appeal of former Rwandan President Pasteur Bizimungu , who had asked the court to overturn his 15-year criminal sentence for inciting violence, embezzlement, and associating with...

Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus has vetoed a bill that would provide same-sex partners with access to medical information, property inheritance, and the right to raise children equal to that of married couples, among other things. Klaus'...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday reaffirmed the US commitment to ending what she called the "genocide" in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, telling members of the House International Relations Committee that "the...

Leading Friday's environmental law news, the US Environmental Protection Agency has begun efforts to secure a multilateral agreement to reduce air pollution in the central US. The Blue Skyways Collaborative was introduced at a meeting of representatives...

US District Judge David G. Trager has granted the US Justice Department's request for dismissal of a civil rights lawsuit filed by Maher Arar , in what is believed to be the...

A New York appeals court has ruled that the state's marriage law, which allows marriage between a man and a woman but not between same-sex couples, is constitutional. The 5-0 decision covers three separate cases [NYCLU case...

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for the United States to close its Guantanamo Bay detention facility as soon as possible, reiterating the conclusions of a 54 page report ...

The Republican leaders of two key Congressional committees said Thursday that they would not undertake direct probes of the president's NSA warrantless surveillance program . The US House Intelligence Committee said it would conduct a...

Leading Friday's international brief, four high profile Egyptian judges who spoke out against fellow colleagues accused of rigging votes in last year's presidential elections have been stripped of judicial immunity and are scheduled to be questioned by Egyptian police...

A UK High Court judge has ruled that three UK residents detained by the US at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 can seek a court order requiring the British government to petition the US government...