The Democratic Republic of Congo Friday sent Thomas Lubanga , leader of the ethnic militia-turned-political party Union of Congolese Patriots , to the International Criminal Court (ICC) , making him the...
German engineer Gotthard Lerch went on trial in Mannheim, Germany, Friday on charges that he aided Libyas abortive efforts to build a nuclear bomb. Lerch is widely known as a member of a clandestine network led...
The US Department of Defense late Friday released the names of Guantanamo Bay detainees pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Associated Press and later pressed in a lawsuit [AP...
A coalition of 12 states, three cities and several environmental groups appealed to the US Supreme Court Friday in a bid to force the federal government and Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2)...
An Ethiopian court has rejected an application by three of 129 Ethiopian election protesters to have a separate trial and adjourned the trial of all 129 people until March 22. The charges, which include conspiracy, treason and genocide for...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Thursday that the administration is not conducting any additional warrantless domestic surveillance beyond what President Bush acknowledged in December. Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) disclosed the information...
An Afghan court Saturday found Asadullah Sarwari , head of the country's intelligence department in the communist era, guilty of ordering hundreds of murders and sentenced him to death. Sarwari, who defended himself in the one-day trial, is...
The trial of 129 lawmakers, journalists and human rights activists on treason charges opened Friday in Ethiopia. The charges relate to mass demonstrations in the wake of Ethiopias May 2005 elections; the 129 defendants were arrested after...
The US Department of Justice insisted in a court filing Friday that the information the search engine data government is seeking from Google as part of its effort to revive the Child Online Protection Act would...
The Utah Supreme Court Friday ruled to remove a polygamist judge from the bench, explaining that Hildale Justice Court Judge Walter Steed clearly broke the law by being married to three women at once. Steed worked as...
