The US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Thursday approved the Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act , which, if enacted, will give the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broader authority to sanction television and...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan ruled 10-3 Friday to reinstate suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry to the top court, holding that President Pervez Musharraf's March 9 suspension order was illegal....
Former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra filed a lawsuit Thursday against Thailand's Assets Examination Committee (AEC) for its seizure of Thaksin's family assets , demanding that the AEC terminate its freeze...
Sunni members of the Iraqi Council of Representatives ended a lengthy boycott of parliamentary sessions Thursday, after agreeing to a secret deal with Shi'a political parties that will reinstate Sunni lawmaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani...
European Court of Justice Advocate General Juliane Kokott told the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in an advisory opinion Wednesday that European Union (EU) governments should resist disclosing internet user information sought...
The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday acquitted former Bosnian Serb interior minister and later justice minister Momcilo Mandic of all charges ...
The military government of Myanmar reconvened negotiations on a new constitution Wednesday, saying the latest talks will be the final session in completing a drafting process that began 14 years ago. The government...
A Japanese court sentenced high-profile fund manager and founder of M&A Consulting Yoshiaki Murakami to two years in prison and imposed fines and penalties totaling approximately 1.153 billion yen (approximately $9.5 million) Thursday for insider trading of...
French investigating magistrates questioned former President Jacques Chirac in their probe of an alleged corruption scheme during Chirac's tenure as the mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995, judiciary officials confirmed Thursday. Chirac,...
The Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) Thursday announced that charges of premeditated murder have been laid against US Army Sergeant 1st Class Trey A. Corrales and Specialist Christopher P. Shore. The two soldiers are accused of killing...
