The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Monday that former Westar Energy CEO David Wittig and former Chief Strategy Officer Douglas Lake may face a third trial on charges of...
A Myanmar court on Monday convicted opposition pro-democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi of violating the terms of her house arrest, sentencing her to an additional 18 months under house arrest. Suu Kyi had...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday submitted a bill to the State Duma that would allow Russian troops to intervene beyond Russian borders. The legislation, proposed in response...
Chief of the UK Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) John Scarlett said that the British secret service did not participate in or condone torture, during a BBC radio interview broadcast Monday. Scarlett denied that the SIS, better...
A Pakistani court on Monday directed police to open an investigation into allegations that former president Pervez Musharraf illegally detained 60 members of the judiciary after declaring emergency rule in November 2007....
Saudi Arabia is illegally detaining thousands under the auspices of combating terrorism, according to a report published Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . HRW reports that since 2003, thousands of terrorism suspects have...
The Moscow Military District Court on Friday rejected a petition by prosecutors to allow further investigation into the 2006 shooting death of journalist Anna Politkovskaya . The retrial of three men acquitted of...
The German Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that children can be required to attend sex education classes, despite parents' religious objections. The suit was brought by Baptist parents [DW...
The Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of the Interior announced Friday that the country will accept two Syrian Guantanamo Bay detainees in order to aid US...
A federal judge on Wednesday refused to accept a $33 million settlement agreement reached this week between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Bank of America . The SEC charged BOA...
