The Nepalese government has created a panel to assemble a list of assets held by King Gyanendra and seize property he obtained after ascending to the throne, a cabinet spokesman said Monday. Dilendra...
A California state appeals court ruled Monday that the state's stem cell research program "suffers from no constitutional or other legal infirmity," leading the way for approximately $3 billion in grant money to be...
A federal judge Monday refused to apply a 1851 maritime law that would have limited the possible damages for victims of the 2003 Staten Island ferry crash to $14.4 million. The city of New...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) rendered its judgment Monday in the long-anticipated case of Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro , finding that although the Serbian government was not directly responsible for...
The UK Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) ruled Monday that a convicted terrorist from Jordan must return to his home country despite his arguments that he risks being tortured upon returning to Jordan. SIAC chairman Justice Ouseley...
Eleven South Koreans filed a lawsuit Monday asking the Tokyo District Court to order the removal of their relatives' names from the Yasukuni Shrine , a controversial memorial which many argue is a symbol of...
The Meshrano Jirga , the upper house of the Afghanistan parliament , Tuesday approved a resolution calling for amnesty from war crimes prosecution for leaders of the Afghan mujahedeen resistance who fought against Soviet forces in the...
Authorities in Bangladesh plan to publish a list of several hundred people who are suspected of graft, following the Sunday arrests of 50 high-profile suspects, according to a government official. Delowar Hossain, secretary of the Anti-Corruption...
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said Sunday that he is in favor of toughening Britain's gun laws after the deaths of three teenagers in London during the past month. Blair said that the...
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso Monday rejected a US House of Representatives proposed resolution which urges Japan to apologize to women who were forced into sexual slavery during World War...
