The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that a Hawaii grand jury has indicted six people on human trafficking charges . The defendants allegedly enticed approximately 400 Thai nationals to come to the US by...
A judge for California's 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that neither Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger nor Attorney General Jerry Brown is required to appeal last month's federal district...
Defense lawyers for Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba argued before the International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday that Bemba lacks the financial resources to ensure a fair trial...
An Iranian court has sentenced Qorban Behzadiannejad, the campaign manager for opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi during the 2009 election , to five years in prison, opposition website Kaleme reported [Kaleme...
Members of the UN Security Council expressed "outrage" Thursday over a recent mass rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , calling for justice for the victims....
Engineering firm URS Corporation agreed Monday to a $54.2 million settlement stemming from the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people. Victims sued URS for negligence, claiming that...
A Kuwaiti court on Monday acquitted eight men accused of planning to attack a US base 70 miles south of Kuwait city whom Kuwaiti authorities say have ties to al Qaeda. Defense lawyer Mohammad al-Kundari claims that the six...
US Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday that the Obama administration plans to ask Congress to enact legislation allowing interrogators to question terror suspects for a longer period of time than currently allowed before informing them of...
The coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki requested Monday that an election court delay a recount of votes from the March 7 parliamentary elections that began...
Journalism rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released a report Monday listing 40 "Predators of Press Freedom" throughout the world. The list includes several prominent politicians and groups including Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin,...
