Kashmir's Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced on Tuesday that officials will carry out DNA tests on the thousands of bodies recently uncovered in unmarked graves in the country's northern region. Abdullah called for families of missing persons...
A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Monday indefinitely delayed the sentencing of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich . Blagojevich was scheduled to be sentenced on...
The Kuwait Cabinet on Sunday approved a draft anti-corruption law meant to combat the country's growing business corruption troubles. The law imposes penalties of up to seven years in prison for a number of offenses related to...
US counter-terrorism officials have indicated that the administration of President Barack Obama is considering trying the former leader of Hezbollah in a military commission on US soil, the...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that, although Russia did not misuse legal proceedings in order to destroy an oil company, it did violate the business's rights. The former Russian oil company,...
The repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) officially took effect Tuesday at 12:01 AM ET. With the repeal of the law, the military can no longer prevent gays and...
Voters in Liechtenstein on Sunday rejected a proposal to legalize abortion in the country after Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein , the acting Head of State, expressed displeasure with the law [press release, PDF in...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday sentenced a man for contempt of court for refusing to testify. The man, Shefqet Kabashi, was sentenced to two months in jail ...
Both the government of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and the newly formed National Transitional Council (NTC) have committed war crimes during the conflict in the country, Amnesty International (AI) reported...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday sent a report to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) accusing Sri Lankan troops of killing tens of thousands of civilians during clashes...
