The Tagansky District Court in Moscow on Monday sentenced seven members of the banned National Bolshevik Party to prison for "armed hooliganism." The sentences ranged from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 years. The charges stem...
The Tibetan government-in-exile said Monday that 130 people have been confirmed dead after skirmishes between pro-Tibet protesters and Chinese authorities, 31 more than an earlier estimate of 99. China's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Monday ordered that former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio should be retried before a new federal judge. Nacchio had appealed his April...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday upheld a lower court decision blocking a Minnesota law imposing fines on minors who purchase adult-rated video games. A US district judge...
The US Senate Monday unanimously confirmed Illinois US District Judge Mark Filip as US deputy attorney general as part of an apparent compromise between the White House and Senate Democrats on a series of stalled nominations. Filip...
Former Rwandan councillor Vincent Rutaganira was released Sunday after completing a six-year jail sentence for crimes against humanity, according to a statement Monday by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ITCR) . Rutaganira...
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has said that Serbia plans to ask the International Court of Justice to determine whether the Kosovo's recent declaration of independence "represents a violation of international...
At least 10 Turkish universities have continued to enforce a ban on headscarves despite recent amendments to the Turkish constitution lifting the ban, according to Monday media reports. Head of the Higher Education Board Yusuf Ozcan...
Pentagon General Counsel William J. Haynes II will resign his position with the US Department of Defense next month, according to an announcement from the DOD Monday. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ...
Bosnian Serb lawmakers have backed a resolution calling Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia illegal and threatening to call a referendum on their own possible separation from the amalgamated state of Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH). The resolution, passed...
