UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories John Dugard said Friday that Israel's recent attack on a Hamas government office in Gaza which injured around 50 civilians and the killings of some 40 Palestinians...
A Chilean appeals court in Santiago Friday sentenced General Manuel Contreras , the secret police chief under former dictator Augusto Pinochet , to 10 years in prison. Contreras, the former head of Pinochet's...
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Monday ordered the country's government to stop cordon-and-search security operations, in which security forces cut off access to a populated area before searching and arresting residents within. Human rights groups have...
The Taiwan High Court on Friday upheld the acquittal of former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou on graft charges, clearing the way for Ma to run in Taiwan's presidential elections...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has indicated that the agency will comply with congressional requests to produce documents related to the EPA's decision to deny California's request for a waiver that would have allowed...
The Russian Supreme Court has overruled a lower court decision that had held that a new investigation into the activities of Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky ...
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina went on trial on one of two alleged extortion charges in a Dhaka courtroom Wednesday, according to a court official cited by Reuters. Sheikh Selim, a former Minister of...
The Iraqi cabinet passed a draft law on Wednesday that would grant a general pardon to "innocent" detainees held in Iraqi and US prisons in the country, according to an Iraqi official speaking to AFP Wednesday. Currently, there are...
President Bush urged Congress in his weekly radio address Saturday to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in time to replace the temporary Protect America Act , set...
Indonesian prosecutors Monday went to court in a civil lawsuit against Tommy Suharto , the youngest son of former President Haji Mohammed Suharto , in order to recover an alleged $55 million in losses...
