An Israeli military prosecutor has concluded that Israel's use of cluster bombs during the 2006 Lebanon war was justified and did not violate any standards of international law, according to an Israeli army statement...
The Lebanese government Monday presented a draft law to amend the Lebanese constitution so that Gen. Michel Suleiman can become president of Lebanon. Under the present Lebanese constitution the presidency cannot be held by...
UN and Dutch government representatives have signed an agreement under which the Netherlands will host the new international tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs...
Representatives of Nepal's leading political parties signed an agreement Sunday that would abolish the country's monarchy as part of a plan to bring members of Communist Party of Nepal - Maoists (CPN-M) back into the country's government....
The Egyptian government has released two Shiite activists held in Egyptian custody since October who repeatedly criticized the systematic torture of prisoners in Egyptian custody. Mohammed al-Dereini and Ahmed Sobh are charged with promoting extreme Shiite...
The bankruptcy administrator for the embattled Russian oil company Yukos announced Thursday that the company no longer legally exists. The Moscow Arbitration Court completed Yukos' liquidation this month and removed it as a legal...
The reconstituted Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday dismissed the final outstanding legal challenge to General Pervez Musharraf's October legislative re-election to the post of president of Pakistan. Rival candidate Zahoor Mehdi had argued that the Pakistan election...
UN officials reported Friday that chairwoman of the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Asma Jahangir has been released from her two-week house arrest...
United Nations researchers called for a global ban on human cloning in a report issued Saturday. The United Nations University Institute for Advanced Studies did not call for a ban on all types of cloning,...
The Florida Supreme Court issued a 5-2 order Wednesday denying a stay of execution for death row inmate Mark Dean Schwab . The court ruled last week that the state could proceed with...
