South African National Prosecuting Authority acting Director Mokotedi Mpshe said Thursday that prosecutors have sufficient evidence to support corruption charges against Jacob Zuma , who earlier this week was elected leader of the...
The US Central Intelligence Agency will turn over information to Congress regarding the CIA's destruction of videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects , Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX), chairman of the House Select Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday....
The Indonesian Supreme Court has rejected the final appeal of three men sentenced to death for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings , an Indonesian prosecutor said Wednesday. The court's decision has not yet been formally...
A court in Argentina on Tuesday convicted eight formal officials for human rights abuses committed during the 1976-83 Dirty War . The seven former army officers and a former police official were tried in connection with the kidnapping,...
US military contractor CACI International is allegedly responsible for the torture of more than 250 former detainees held in Iraqi prisons, according to the amended complaint filed Tuesday in a class action lawsuit ...
At least four White House lawyers participated in discussions about whether the CIA should destroy videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects , the New York Times reported Wednesday. It had previously been reported that Harriet Miers,...
A Guatemalan court has ruled that former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and other high ranking military officers cannot be extradited to Spain where they have been charged with genocide, torture, and other crimes against humanity. In last...
US District Judge Henry H. Kennedy, Jr. said Tuesday that he will hold a hearing to consider whether the CIA's destruction of videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects violated a 2005 court order. Lawyers representing several...
A Lebanese court handed down sentences Tuesday for two defendants convicted of attempted mass murder for their role in a 2006 plot to blow up trains in Germany . Youssef al-Haj Deeb, currently in custody in Germany, was...
US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Monday that a Senate vote on whether to extend immunity to telecommunications companies from lawsuits related to their participation in the NSA warrantless surveillance program would...
