South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Monday called North Korea's shelling of Yeonpyeong, which killed four, including two civilians, a crime against humanity. The president's statement was the first addressed to the public since last...
A Spanish judge on Tuesday ordered the release of former Guatemalan interior minister Carlos Vielmann after authorities in Guatemala failed to request his extradition. Vielmann has been imprisoned in Spain since his arrest in...
The trial of former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , Jean-Pierre Bemba , began Monday in the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Bemba is on trial for...
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said in an interview Wednesday that he will not sign the execution order for former foreign minister Tariq Aziz . Aziz, who served in the...
The EU has failed to hold member states legally accountable for their involvement in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition program , according to a report published Monday by Amnesty International...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday over a US military policy that cuts the separation pay of honorably discharged gay and lesbian service members in half. The...
The European Union (EU) on Monday criticized the Myanmar government for failing to take the necessary steps to ensure a free, fair and inclusive electoral process for the country's first elections in over 20...
A French court on Wednesday ordered Callixte Mbarushimana, the alleged leader of the rebel group the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) , to face trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The...
A penal court in the Aden province of Yemen on Sunday sentenced a group of 10 Somali pirates to five years in prison. The men were convicted on charges of committing acts of piracy against Yemeni fishing...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and its subsidiary SB Pharmco Puerto Rico Inc., have agreed to plead guilty to civil and criminal charges...
