A Russia military court on Tuesday found a Russian army sergeant guilty of abuse of power and sentenced him to four years in jail for beating and torturing a conscript soldier this past New Year's Eve. Russian...
China's Taiwan Affairs Office Wednesday reiterated the Chinese government's open hostility to Taiwan's intent to change its constitution to rename the island the Republic of Taiwan. China has already threatened military action against Taiwan in...
There are too many substantive differences between the Senate and House versions of a bill aimed at approving the NSA domestic surveillance program for legislation to be approved before the November elections, anonymous GOP staffers told...
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to pass the Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2005 , a bill that its supporters said would provide easier access to federal courts to landowners seeking to...
China's ruling Communist Party announced the firing of a top party leader on Monday for his involvement in a pension plan scandal . Shanghai Municipal Committee secretary Chen Liangyu has been under investigation since June...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Monday began the trial of a former deputy state prosecutor who later worked as an ICTR investigator under an alias by formally charging him with four counts ...
Saddam Hussein was thrown out of court again Monday for failing to observe courtroom discipline in his genocide trial , his second ejection in as many sessions. The ousted Iraqi president was represented by eight court-appointed lawyers...
Lawyers for a former associate of former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma Monday began their appeal of a corruption conviction against businessman Schabir Shaik that could help to clear Zuma's name and help to...
Jordan's appointed Senate, the upper house of the National Assembly , amended a bill regulating mosques Sunday so as to require preachers to obtain written government permission before being allowed to lead services or teach the Quran. Unauthorized...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) told CNN's Late Edition program Sunday that he believes the habeas corpus provision of the latest draft of the military commissions bill [JURIST news...
