Iraqi prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon defended the death sentence for convicted Saddam Hussein-era defense minister Sultan Hashim al-Tai Friday, saying that al-Tai personally oversaw the deaths of 180,000 people during brutal military campaigns against Iraq's...
Myanmar's military junta has announced the release of 87 people held in the wake of the government's crackdown against protesters and political dissidents which began in August. The released prisoners include more than 50 members of the National League...
Representatives in the US House of Representatives have asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi to delay a vote on a resolution labeling as genocide the World War I-era killings of over one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers...
The executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UFCCC) , said Thursday that the United States and Australia want to participate in negotiations for a new global agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol [PDF...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that an Egyptian student wrongly detained in the wake of the 9/11 attacks may sue the FBI agent who interrogated him. Abdallah Higazy appealed a ruling...
US President George W. Bush imposed new sanctions on 12 Myanmar businesses and individuals in an executive order issued Friday. Included in the order freezing US-held assets and blocking certain property transactions were designations by the...
An employment non-discrimination bill protecting gays, lesbians, and bisexuals but not transgendered individuals has been sent to the full US House of Representatives for consideration after being approved by the House Education and Labor Committee Thursday. The...
Zimbabwe Magistrate Tinashe Ndokera on Thursday denied a motion by eleven white farmers to have their state-sponsored eviction notices thrown out, and instead ordered the men to stand trial for failing to vacate their property by...
US President George W. Bush and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone Friday about their concerns over potential damage to US-Turkey relations if the US House of Representatives passes HR 106 , a...
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Friday responded to growing concerns over the conduct of Blackwater security escorts working for the State Department in Iraq by directing that all Blackwater USA [corporate website; JURIST news...
