Ukraine political leaders have reached a compromise in a dispute over recently passed legislation that Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko threatened to challenge in court after claiming that it would illegally expand the cabinet's power at...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday in response to a press question about Italy's recent push for an international death penalty moratorium that he supports the international trend towards abolishing the death penalty. Ban...
Sri Lanka is "complicit or willfully blind" to the child conscription efforts of the rebel group Karuna , according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report published Wednesday that alleges the government has helped Karuna...
The Russian Constitutional Court will now hold its sessions in St. Petersburg, rather than its current Moscow location, after Russia's Federation Council voted 147-2 to approve the authorizing bill. The bill, which was...
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday called for the European constitution to be in place before the 2009 European parliamentary elections. Rasmussen acknowledged that some changes to the...
Over 450 illegal immigrants out of over 750 taken into custody have already been deported by US immigration authorities after a week-long crackdown in five counties in southern California, officials at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [official...
Terror detainees may be convicted solely on hearsay or coerced evidence and defendants may not present classified evidence unless the government approves its use, according to the Manual for Military Commissions , released by the US...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday that it is not " decision" whether or not the Justice Department agrees to release the text of the order granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...
US Marine Cpl. Trent Thomas is expected to plead guilty during a Thursday court hearing to unpremeditated murder charges stemming from the alleged murder of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania ....
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that he is concerned about the status of ongoing discussions between the UN and Lebanon on the proposed UN-supported international tribunal to try suspects accused of assassinating former...
