The US House of Representatives on Monday approved the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act , which creates a commission to investigate the cause of recent economic turmoil and allocates more resources for...
Pro-democracy advocate and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial Monday in Myanmar for violating the terms of her house arrest. Suu Kyi allegedly violated these terms earlier this month by allowing...
Five Somalians suspected of piracy went on trial Monday before a Dutch court in Rotterdam. The men are accused of attempting to hijack a Dutch Antilles freighter in the Gulf of Aden in...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In Black v. United States , the Court will consider the appeal of former media mogul Conrad...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday reported to Congress that 2,083 wiretap and search requests for investigating terrorism suspects were granted in 2008 through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) [text; JURIST news...
Sudanese war crimes suspect and rebel leader Bahr Idriss Abu Garda on Sunday surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Abu Garda is accused of committing three crimes against the African Union Mission in Sudan...
A Malawi court on Saturday barred former president Bakili Muluzi from participating in the upcoming election. The court held that the Malawi Constitution prohibits Muluzi from running for office after serving two consecutive five-year...
The German Bundestag voted Wednesday in favor of heightened requirements for late-term abortions including a three-day waiting period and a mandatory psychological evaluation. Current law in Germany outlaws abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy [text,...
The Italian Chamber of Deputies , the lower house of parliament, on Wednesday approved legislation that would increase the penalties for illegal immigration by a vote of 297-255. The controversial legislation provides that...
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday testified in front of a House Appropriations subcommittee that he is willing to release as much information as possible in regards to interrogation techniques used on Guantanamo...
