A tentative agreement between the Israeli government and Hamas for the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has been hindered by disagreements over the identity of the Palestinian prisoners to be...
The Serbian Interior Ministry on Monday filed treason charges against Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci , President Fatmir Sejdiu , and Speaker of Parliament Jakup Krasniqi, for their role in organizing...
The widow and son of former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic could be tried in absentia on charges that the two organized a cigarette smuggling ring in Serbia during the 1990s, Serbian organized crime prosecutor Miljko Radisavljevic...
An Indonesian court ruled Tuesday that the children of former Indonesian President Haji Mohammed Suharto will have to defend Suharto's estate against a civil corruption case. A prosecutor said that all of Suharto's six...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Rwanda Monday urged the international community and Interpol to ignore arrest warrants issued last week for 40 Rwandan military officers by Spanish National Court Judge...
Two opposition groups in Myanmar, the 88 Generation Students and the National League for Democracy (NLD) , on Monday urged citizens to reject a proposed constitutional referendum put forth by Myanmar's military government. In a...
A multi-party coalition of Japanese parliamentarians said Monday that they have drafted a bill proposing a four-year moratorium on the death penalty and giving convicts already on death row life sentences without the possibility of parole. The bill is...
Private government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Tuesday urged US Attorney General Michael Mukasey to appoint a special counsel to investigate whether the White House had violated the Federal Records...
The Chinese government on Tuesday announced the release on parole of Hong Kong reporter Ching Cheong ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Ching, sentenced to five years in prison in 2006...
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is concerned about the imposition of the death penalty against journalism student Sayad Parwez Kambaksh but will not intervene in the case pending Kambaksh's appeal, a presidential spokesman said Tuesday. Under...
