The Supreme Court of Pakistan tossed out "vexatious and scandalous" evidence introduced by the government in the case of suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and rebuked prosecutors Monday, ordering the Intelligence...
Lawyers for former Israeli President Moshe Katsav Monday defended a controversial plea agreement in which Katsav is to plead guilty to lesser sex charges in exchange for a suspended sentence and the dropping of rape...
Kevin Andrews , Australia's minister for immigration and citizenship, said Monday that the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) is considering remedial action , including providing financial compensation to 247 individuals found to be wrongfully...
The Iranian Supreme Court held a hearing Sunday in the case of murdered Iranian-Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi on an appeal of a lower court order that the case be reopened. Kazemi's family argued that...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Sunday that he is prepared to initiate a Senate vote to hold officials in the White House, the Vice President's office, and the Department of Justice in contempt of Congress...
Palestinian rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and Israeli military reprisals "constitute serious violations of the laws of war" , according to a report released Sunday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The report found that...
The Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) announced charges Saturday of premeditated murder and wrongfully placing weapons with the remains of deceased Iraqis against US Army Staff Sergeant Michael A. Hensley and Specialist Jorge G. Sandoval, Jr. The...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) Friday asked the White House to provide a legal basis for its assertion of executive privilege in rejecting congressional...
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed a bill Friday repealing a 2003 law requiring parental notification for minors seeking an abortion . New Hampshire is the first state to repeal the...
Four Sunni members of the Iraqi cabinet will boycott cabinet meetings to protest the arrest warrant issued for Culture Minister Asad Kamal al-Hashimi, a Sunni politician said Friday. Ayad Al-Samarraie, a leading figure in Sunni parliamentary coalition...
