The Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled Friday that a controversial presidential election slated for October 6 in the National Assembly of Pakistan and provincial assemblies may proceed, but barred the Election Commission of Pakistan [official...
The investigating officer who headed the Article 32 hearing for US Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich has recommended that Wuterich not face unpremeditated murder charges but instead be tried for negligent homicide, defense lawyers said...
Lawyers representing the opposition Pakistani Peoples Party filed new petitions at the Supreme Court of Pakistan Tuesday challenging President Pervez Musharraf's bid to run for another term in office. The opposition members argue that the...
US District Judge Charles R. Breyer of the Northern District of California extended a temporary restraining order Monday blocking the implementation of a new US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations intended to make it...
A US military judge postponed an Article 32 hearing on US Army sniper Sgt. Evan Vela Sunday, following a fellow Army sniper's acquittal on premeditated murder charges . Vela, who has argued that he was simply...
Myanmar opposition leader and democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi was briefly released from house arrest Sunday to met with visiting UN Special Envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari, but Gambari was not allowed to meet with...
Pakistani riot police clashed with lawyers demonstrating outside the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Saturday, as hundreds protested a high court ruling allowing Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ...
Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has criticized the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for its judgments on Serb suspects allegedly involved in the 1991 Vukovar massacre , saying in...
Hungarian officials announced Monday that the government has begun granting entrepreneur licenses to sex industry workers, despite critics' claims that the licensing scheme encourages human trafficking and violates Hungary's obligations under the 1950 UN Convention for the Suppression of...
The Supreme Court of Israel Monday ordered the Jewish National Fund (JNF) to end its discriminatory policy of selling land only to Jews, ruling that the JNF's mandate to provide land for Jewish...
