Four former Serbian policemen were convicted Thursday of the killing of 48 Albanian civilians in Suva Reka during the war in Kosovo in 1999. Their trial in a Serbian war crimes court began in...
The lawyer for Guantanamo Bay detainee Rafik Alhami filed suit Thursday in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging that Alhami was tortured before the Bush...
The lawyer for imprisoned US journalist Roxana Saberi on Tuesday appealed her recent conviction for espionage . A spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary reportedly said that he hoped her eight-year sentence would be...
Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former business partner Platon Lebedev pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of money laundering and embezzlement. Khodorkovsky made two statements to the court, one...
US President Barack Obama on Thursday asserted his intention not to investigate individuals who used or authorized enhanced interrogation techniques the same day the Department of Justice (DOJ) released memos outlining CIA use of...
Iraqi insurgent Wesam al Delaema was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for conspiracy to murder US nationals outside the US. Al Delaema, who was charged with the crime in 2005, is the...
A Thai court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for 13 leaders of anti-government protests, including former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra . The warrants were issued a day after Shinawatra called for the overthrow of the...
CIA director Leon Panetta on Thursday outlined new techniques to be employed by the agency in their detention and interrogation of suspected terrorists. The new policies include discontinuing the use of contractors to conduct interrogations...
The Vermont Legislature on Tuesday voted to override Governor Jim Douglas' veto of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. Both the House and Senate [roll...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has signed into law a bill which significantly reduces women's rights, including legalizing rape within a marriage, the Guardian reported Tuesday. Critics allege that Karzai signed this bill, which...
