Many human rights abuses that occurred during the war in Kosovo have gone uninvestigated and unpunished, Amnesty International (AI) , told Deutsche Welle Wednesday, which was the 10-year anniversary of the conflict's...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Friday approved the sale of most of the assets of Chrysler Group to Italian automaker Fiat , but said the deal could...
Turkish police on Thursday arrested ten military officers and ten others in connection with an alleged coup plot. The Turkish government linked the arrested men with Ergenekon , a Turkish secular nationalist group that is accused...
US President Barack Obama rebuked Republicans who would oppose his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the US Supreme Court Saturday in his weekly address. The president predicted failure for...
The Obama administration urged the US Supreme Court Friday to reject a petition for certiorari filed by 14 Chinese Uighur Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay seeking their release. Taking the...
The US has failed to adequately prevent and prosecute war crimes and other abuses during its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston said in...
Canada's Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review an Ontario court decision upholding media restrictions on the Toronto 18 terrorism case. Under Canada's criminal code the media may attend pre-trial hearings but in...
Former South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun apparently committed suicide Saturday by leaping off a 30-foot cliff. Roh and members of Roh's family were under investigation by the Republic of Korea's Supreme Prosecutor's...
Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian dismissed his defense lawyers Thursday and announced he would not call any witnesses in protest of what he sees as a politically motivated prosecution . Chen, who...
Spain's Cabinet approved a draft bill Thursday that would liberalize Spanish abortion law. The new bill, which must now be approved by Parliament, would give women the right to an abortion...
