Indonesian prosecutors Wednesday recommended that two alleged leaders of the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) be given life sentences if found guilty on terrorism charges. Prosecutors also asked the court to officially...
Russian prosecutors have opened separate murder investigations after two journalists were found dead Friday. Ilyas Shurpayev , a correspondent for Russia's state-run Channel One , was found dead with stab wounds and a belt around...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Friday dismissed a lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee for refusing to seat Florida's Democratic delegation at its national convention. Florida Democratic Party activist Victor DiMaio brought...
A Dutch appeals court Monday overturned the conviction of Dutch businessman Guus Kouwenhoven for violating a UN embargo against the government of former Liberian President Charles Taylor . In 2006, a lower court...
Registry officials at the International Criminal Court (ICC) met Monday with a delegation of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to discuss procedural matters regarding the prosecution of several LRA leaders. The...
The US House Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit Monday to enforce subpoenas seeking information from former White House legal counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten regarding the US...
A Scottish court Friday rejected the latest appeal for disclosure by defense lawyers representing Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi , convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Specifically, they were seeking...
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday concluded its review of US compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) . The...
Total payments in clergy abuse settlements nearly doubled in 2007 to reach $526 million, the highest number ever, according to an annual report by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops ...
The US Department of Defense said Wednesday that two charges have been referred against Guantanamo Bay detainee Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi . The military commission charges referred are "providing material support...
