The Australian House of Representatives passed the federal government's anti-terrorism bill Monday night, without amendments requested by a coalition Senate committee and by members of the Labor Party. The committee recommended [JURIST...

Arab news channel Aljazeera is considering taking legal action against President George W. Bush, after disclosures that the US president allegedly suggested bombing the broadcaster's headquarters in Doha, Qatar, in the spring of 2004. Last week, two...

Lawyers for victims of Hurricane Katrina Monday asked for an extension of a program which houses displaced New Orleans residents in hotels at government expense, at an estimated $3 million per day, totaling $300 million since...

Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said Monday that Croatia may cease to function as a state if the government returns property to Austrian citizens that had been confiscated by Yugoslav communists after World War II as...

Documents released Monday by the US Justice Department show that Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. was actively involved in efforts to expand law enforcement powers while employed as a deputy assistant...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday suspended primary elections of his ruling Fatah movement amid election fraud said to be prevalent in Gaza and the West Bank. Primaries in the Gaza Strip were cancelled...

Ecuador's new Supreme Court justices are set to be sworn in during a ceremony in front of the international monitors that oversaw their selection. The 31-justice court has been without permanent members since last December,...

President George W. Bush Monday called for more stringent Mexican border controls and rejected the idea that his immigration proposals would allow amnesty for illegal immigrants, while at the same time vowing to keep the US "a welcoming...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Nepal Supreme Court has issued a stay order preventing the Nepalese Ministry of Information and Communication from enforcing its decision to close down Radio Sagarmatha for carrying BBC's...

Government's proposed jury questionnaire, US v. Zacarias Moussaoui, November 29, 2005 . Read the full text of the proposed questionnaire . Reported in JURIST's Paper...