Nepal's King Guyanendra has approved a new ordinance tightening oversight of the country's media. Among other provisions, the newly-enacted bill authorizes imprisonment and increased fines of individuals who publish "banned items," prohibits publication of stories that inspire...
The UK House of Lords debated the proposed Racial and Religious Hatred Bill Tuesday as a coalition of demonstrators protested outside parliament. The bill, proposed last year, is would ban incitement to...
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) opened their case Tuesday in the trial against three former officers of the Yugoslavian army who allegedly permitted the massacre of more than 200...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments on whether convicted murderer Ronald Sanders was wrongly sentenced to death by a California jury that improperly relied on invalid aggravating factors in deciding the...
A defense lawyer for fugitive Gen. Ante Gotovina said in an interview Tuesday that his client would surrender to authorities if he is allowed to face trial in his home country of Croatia. Currently, Gotovina would face...
The Belgian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Rwanda has agreed to hand over Guy Theunis, a Belgian Catholic priest accused of helping incite the 1994 Rwandan genocide , to the Belgian government. Last...
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke urged the UN on Tuesday to support Britain's efforts to deport suspected militants to countries believed to engage in torture. Clarke's made the call in response to statements UN Special...
Former head of Russia oil giant Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky announced Tuesday that he would file a second appeal of his conviction on fraud and tax evasion charges. Last month, a Moscow appeals...
The US Department of Defense announced Saturday the release of one Egyptian detainee from the prison at Guantanamo Bay after a military Combatant Status Review Tribunal determined he was no longer...
The US military Saturday released a second group of 500 Iraqi detainees from Abu Ghraib prison following an earlier release of more than 500 detainees Monday , and a release of another 1.000 ...
