South Korean officials announced Monday that President Lee Myung-bak plans to pardon former Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee on tax fraud charges he was convicted of in 2008. Lee had faced...
The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) confirmed Tuesday that police have detained a US citizen for illegally entering North Korea. The KCNA did not disclose the identity of the individual, but it is suspected to be...
A Vietnamese court on Monday sentenced pro-democracy dissident Tran Anh Kim to five and a half years in prison for subversion under Article 79 of the Vietnamese penal code. During a four-hour trial Kim admitted being to member...
The US Department of Justice has begun investigating political donations and other connections between billionaire financier Allen Stanford , accused of defrauding investors out of $7 billion, and US...
The Philippine Department of Justice (PDOJ) on Monday began the trial of over 600 people charged with rebellion for allegedly interfering with government operations following the November killings of 57 in the country's semi-autonomous province...
The National Union of People's Lawyers (NUPL) and other groups on Monday petitioned the Philippines Supreme Court to reject a proclamation by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo imposing martial law [JURIST...
A special 17-member panel of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday began hearing a legal challenge to an order that grants President Asif Ali Zardari and 8,000...
French National Assembly representative Andre Gerin said Friday that the country will formally oppose the wearing of burqas , but is unlikely to pursue legislation to ban the garment....
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction director Terry Collins announced Friday that the state would adopt a single-drug lethal injection protocol, replacing its current three-drug method. The state undertook a review of its lethal injection...
Eight years after 9/11 , counterterrorism efforts continue to dominate the operations and budget of the FBI , according to a Tuesday report by the New York Times. Since the attacks, the bureau has doubled...
