The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed Tuesday that it had begun an investigation into whether UK firms paid illegal kickbacks to the Saddam Hussein regime in the now-defunct UN Oil-for-Food program , through which...
A French magistrate judge has issued a second summons to Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh requesting testimony for an investigation into the May 1995 death of a French judge in Djibouti. Djibouti officials maintain that the death...
The US State Department Wednesday announced an expanded program to allow 7,000 Iraqi refugees to resettle in the US. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres to discuss...
The trial of Saddam-era Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan was flawed and he should not be executed, a UN Human Rights expert said Wednesday. Phillip Alston , appointed [UN...
A senior Chinese official said Tuesday that the government plans to establish a "National Corruption Prevention Bureau" to ensure China's compliance with the UN Convention Against Corruption , which China signed in 2005. The proposed bureau is another...
The Belgian government was complicit in Nazi persecution of the Jewish population during the Holocaust and the country's courts failed to hold Belgian authorities accountable for persecuting and deporting Jews after World War II, according to a government-supported report...
US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy testified before the appropriations subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday on the topic of judicial pay, saying that low pay relative to private-sector jobs threatens the independence and...
A British judge announced Wednesday that he has dropped charges against five British soldiers accused of abusing Iraqi detainees in Basra, while continuing charges against two British co-defendants in their ongoing court-martial. The ruling was issued Tuesday,...
The European Parliament voted 382-256 Wednesday to approve a report condemning member states for cooperating with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in operating illegal secret prisons and extraordinary rendition flights in Europe. Seventy-four...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-6 on Thursday to send a bill to the Senate floor which would permit US district courts to appoint temporary US Attorneys when those spots become vacant, reversing a...
