Japanese district courts in Kochi and Sapporo Friday rejected the claims of two groups of Japanese abandoned in China as children after World War II, ruling that the current Japanese government was not obligated to compensate...
The US military announced Thursday that charges against Lt. Col. William H. Steele, the former commander of the 451st Military Police Detachment in charge of the detention facility at Camp Cropper ...
The US Department of Justice Office of Inspector General (OIG) and Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) confirmed in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday that an ongoing DOJ internal investigation into politicized hiring...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Thursday that Javaid Iqbal, who alleges he was detained "solely because of race, religion, and national origin" following the September 11 terrorist attacks ...
A five-member team of UN investigators concluded in a confidential report to the UN Security Council disclosed Thursday by the New York Times that former Liberian President Charles Taylor may retain control over large...
A federal jury convicted former Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member James Ford Seale Thursday of two counts of kidnapping resulting in death and one count conspiracy for Seale's role in the kidnapping and death...
A Russian military court convicted four army soldiers in the January 2002 killing of six Chechen civilians Thursday, sentencing them to between 14 and 9 years in prison. The four defendants, three of which remain fugitives and...
US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NE) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said in a joint statement Thursday that senators will return to the stalled Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 [S 1348 summary;...
The Zimbabwean House of Assembly, the lower chamber of parliament, approved the controversial Interception of Communications Bill Wednesday, authorizing the the directors of Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organization , the military, taxation authority, and the Commissioner of...
Peruvian Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo said Wednesday that Peru will accept a ruling by the Chilean Supreme Court on whether Chile will extradite former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori , emphasizing that Peru...
