The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is working to complete new guidelines limiting how federal courts can review state-issued death sentences, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. The guidelines will implement a provision included in the 2006...
The United States has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish a "dispute settlement panel" in its case against China for alleged lax enforcement of copyright and trademark violations , the...
Thai Supreme Court Judge Tonglor Choam-ngam issued arrest warrants Tuesday for former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojamarn, saying that the court had reason to believe that couple are "evading prosecution"...
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton on Monday ordered five reporters to testify about government sources who provided them information about former US Army germ-warfare researcher Dr. Seteven J. Hatfill , who was identified as...
Tens of thousands of people marched in Thailand Monday in support of an upcoming general referendum on whether to approve the interim government's proposed draft constitution . The march, organized by interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont [official profile;...
Jurors in the terror trial of Jose Padilla and co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi heard closing arguments Monday from federal prosecutors and defense lawyers. Federal prosecutors urged the jury to convict...
Adelphia Communications founder John Rigas and his son Timothy reported Monday to Butner Federal Correctional Complex pursuant to a June federal court order . In 2005, John Rigas, now 82, was sentenced ...
German Federal Commissioner Marianne Birthler said Monday that a written order instructing border guards in the former German Democratic Republic to shoot defectors is being scrutinized by prosecutors to determine whether the document, dated October...
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) announced the further postponement of court proceedings in the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor Monday, granting a request by Taylor's...
Retired Thai police Col. Charnchai Netirattakarn turned himself in Monday on charges of offering a judge $890,000 in bribes in exchange for a favorable ruling for ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the...
