The Getty Museum Tuesday signed a formal agreement with the Italian Ministry of Culture Heritage and Activities to return 40 allegedly looted Italian artifacts to Italy over the next...
The military government of Myanmar Tuesday banned public gatherings of more than five people and imposed a curfew in response to anti-government protests . These measures come the day after the government threatened ...
Former Argentinean military officer Ernesto Guillermo Barreiro has been sentenced in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to six months in jail for one count of visa fraud, US Immigrations and...
Indonesian prosecutors began court proceedings Monday against former Indonesian President Haji Mohammad Suharto , bringing the government's civil corruption lawsuit against Suharto for allegedly embezzling $440 million between 1974 and 1998 from the Yayasan Supersemar [official...
The American Bar Association death penalty assessment team has recommended a moratorium on the death penalty in Ohio, in a report released Monday that cited major flaws in the state's...
The US Senate voted Tuesday 57-42 against proceeding with debate on the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act , killing the bill before it reached Senate consideration by falling three votes...
Lawyers for Brent Wilkes , a defense contractor connected to disgraced former Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham , have subpoenaed 13 members of Congress to testify at Wilkes' October 2 trial. All of the lawmakers, including former House...
The Communist Party of Nepal - Maoists (CPN-M) announced Tuesday that it is vacating the interim government and boycotting future elections until its demands for parliament to immediately declare the country a federal democratic republic were met....
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Monday filed a joint lawsuit against pharmaceutical giant Merck , alleging that the company misrepresented known dangers associated with arthritis drug...
Three federal judges representing the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Monday appeared dubious during oral arguments in the case of Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Gonzales that...
