The US House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to open an impeachment investigation of US District Judge Thomas Porteous of the Eastern District of Louisiana , who is accused of perjury and accepting bribes from...
FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday defended proposed investigation guidelines before the US Senate Judiciary Committee as a "necessary step" in fighting terrorism. Opponents have argued that the changes could allow...
Prosecutors told the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Wednesday that they plan to revise the charges against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic by Monday. Appearing...
FBI Director Robert Mueller told the US House Judiciary Committee Tuesday that the federal government would commission an independent review of the FBI's use of scientific evidence in its investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks...
A US military judge has scheduled the trial of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr for November 10, but the Canadian citizen's lawyer said Tuesday that the date is likely to be pushed back further. According...
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday announced the arrest of a provincial governor and political opponent on genocide charges in connection with the deaths of several Morales supporters during demonstrations last week. Gov....
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has admitted the unlawful abuse of nine Iraqi detainees, solicitors for the detainees announced Tuesday. As part of the settlement, the detainees are to receive damages of...
Attorneys for former US Army researcher Dr. Steven Hatfill have filed a motion seeking to dismiss an appeal by former USA Today reporter Toni Locy challenging her contempt order...
Senegalese publisher El Malick Seck is appealing a court ruling which sentenced him to three years in prison and closed his newspaper for three months as punishment for printing an article accusing Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and...
An Australian jury on Monday convicted radical cleric Abdul Nacer Benbrika and five other Muslims in that country's highest-profile terrorism trial to date. Benbrika, also known as Abu Bakr, was found guilty in the Supreme...
