The office of Israeli Attorney General Menahem Mazuz said Tuesday that there is enough evidence to indict Israeli President Moshe Katsav on various charges, including rape, sexual harassment, abuse of power and obstruction of justice...
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will most likely resign if charges are brought against his closest aides in a growing "cash-for-honours" investigation , senior ministers have told The Guardian newspaper. The arrest...
Australian officials said Monday that Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks could face reduced charges when he goes to trial before new US military commissions, the procedural rules for which were promulgated last week....
The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of the Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) resigned Monday as a controversial election threatens to undermine the political stability of the country. CEC MA Aziz voluntarily took a three-month leave of absence in...
Former UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke criticized Britain's judges Thursday for rulings that he said undermined the war on terror. Clarke, who led the Home Office from December 2004 until May 2006, spoke before...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) held Thursday that the militant Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) can appeal the decision of the Council of the European Union in 2002 to include...
President Bush Wednesday urged Congress to pass the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 , promoting genetic testing for disease by making genetic discrimination illegal. In a speech at the National Institutes of Health [official...
The Bush Administration said Thursday it will propose legislation easing some anti-terrorism restrictions in order to allow foreigners who have helped armed groups not considered terrorists to seek asylum or resettle in the United States. As a result of...
A political confrontation between the Verkhovna Rada , the Ukraine parliament, and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko appears to be heading to the country's Constitutional Court after the parliament Friday passed legislation to define and...
A Chinese court rejected the final appeal Friday of Chen Guangcheng , a blind Chinese human rights legal activist, who was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for damaging property and "organizing...
