The government of Angola should take a stronger stand against corruption , according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . Despite the nation's large economic growth and increased stability following...
Thailand's Election Commission on Monday called for the dissolution of the ruling party for failing to report donations and alleged misuse of those donations. The Commission's decision comes amid some of the deadliest political clashes...
Two separate court-martial proceedings against former Sri Lankan army chief Sarath Fonseka were adjourned Tuesday. The trials, originally set to resume Tuesday, were postponed due to an ongoing case in the Sri...
The Hague Appeals Court on Tuesday upheld the UN's immunity from prosecution by rejecting claims brought by relatives of victims of the Srebrenica massacre during...
Myanmar's largest opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) , announced Monday that it will not participate in the nation's first elections in 20 years because of "unjust" election laws . A spokesperson for the NLD...
A German court on Tuesday sentenced former Nazi SS member Heinrich Boere to life in prison for the 1944 murders of three Dutch civilians. Boere's trial began in October after he was declared medically fit to stand trial. [JURIST...
The Bangladesh Cabinet on Monday ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) . The ratification will not aid in the nation's pending war crimes trials for the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation...
US citizen and Chicago resident David Headley pleaded guilty to 12 counts of federal terrorism Thursday, including charges related to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and an alleged plot against the Danish...
The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the execution of Lawrence Reynolds, an Ohio inmate challenging the state's lethal injection procedure. Reynolds, who was convicted of strangling an elderly neighbor...
China and India agreed Tuesday to endorse the non-binding Copenhagen Accord , which calls for self-imposed limits on greenhouse gas emissions . Some 100 countries have already agreed to be associated with the non-binding...
