A bill to repeal the Maryland death penalty failed in the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Thursday when the committee members tied in a 5-5 vote. Swing vote Sen. Alex X. Mooney (R) [official...
A South African court Friday dismissed charges against eight South African mercenaries suspected of plotting a coup against the president of Equatorial Guinea . The Pretoria judge found that the state had not proven its...
Hilmi Aydogdu, leader of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party , was charged by Turkish authorities Friday with inciting hatred after stating that any Turkish attack on Kirkuk , a city in northern Iraq with...
State Farm Insurance filed papers on Thursday to have US District Court Judge L.T. Senter, Jr. recused from certifying a class action lawsuit against the company over Hurricane Katrina damages. The insurer...
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in the Afghan capital of Kabul Friday to support an amnesty bill that would shield alleged war criminals who participated in the anti-Soviet resistance during the 1980s and the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Saudi government of violating international law when it beheaded four Sri Lankan robbers and placed their bodies on public display in the country's capital, Riyadh, on Monday. According...
Russian prosecutors said Friday their case against former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner, Platon Lebedev , is solely a criminal matter and not politically motivated. A spokesperson for...
The government of Spain agreed Friday to declassify and deliver to Spanish High Court Judge Ismael Moreno intelligence documents he ordered from Spain's National Intelligence Center pertaining to secret CIA "rendition flights" [JURIST...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Friday criticized the amnesty resolution adopted by the lower house of the Afghan parliament Thursday. The resolution, part of a national reconciliation...
Fewer Guantanamo Bay prisoners will be charged with war crimes this week than originally expected, chief prosecutor USAF Col. Moe Davis told Reuters Monday. Revised charges were expected to be filed against up...
