A strong majority in Jordan’s House of Deputies , the country's lower house of parliament , voted Thursday to reject an extradition agreement between Jordan and the US. The vote followed several lawmakers' speeches blasting the United States...

Former Qwest Communications CFO Robin Szeliga pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of insider trading. Szeliga, initially charged last month , will likely face a term of 15 to 21 months in prison...

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has told the joint House and Senate Judiciary Committee that his proposal to reinstate the death penalty would ensure that no innocent people were executed by including multiple levels...

Bankrupt energy company Enron Corporation has agreed to pay over $1.5 billion to settle claims that it gouged California, Oregon and Washington and companies such as Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Southern California Edison Co., and...

Leading Friday's international brief, Zimbabwe Local Government and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo admitted to reporters today that reconstruction plans announced by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe would be incapable of meeting the housing needs of individuals made...

A memo dated Thurday obtained by Associated Press and prepared by the general counsel's office of the independent commission reviewing the base closings could disrupt US Department of Defense efforts to consolidate or dissolve up to 30...

Australian Prime Minister John Howard told a news conference Friday in the wake of the London bombings that Australia should reconsider introducing a national identity card, an idea the country debated but shelved back in 1987....

Spokesmen for several of Iraq's religious minorites, including Chaldo/Assyrian Catholics , Iraqi Turkmen Muslims , and Mandaeans have expressed concern that new Iraqi constitution due out in a month may leave out any meaningful provisions...

Negotiations over a global anti-terrorism treaty get under way again the week of July 25, according to Mohamed Bennouna, chairman of the UN General Assemby's treaty-writing (Sixth) legal committee. Earlier this month G8 leaders called for early agreement [JURIST...

AP is reporting that a US federal appeals court has ruled that Guantanamo detainees may be tried by military commissions. Read the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. JURIST's Paper Chase provides background...