The US Department of Defense announced on Thursday that US Forces-Afghanistan has launched an investigation into allegations that a "small number" of soldiers are responsible for the unlawful deaths of three civilians in Afghanistan. The...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday banned all UN employees from using cellular devices while driving in an effort to take the prohibition against cell phone use global. Ban is teaming up with...
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday affirmed the contempt conviction of Vojislav Seselj , a Serbian politician and former president of the...
The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority on Wednesday ordered Internet service providers to block social networking site Facebook in response to a competition created by a group of the website's members entitled "Draw Muhammad Day." The...
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday affirmed the acquittal of former Macedonian interior minister Ljube Boskoski , while upholding the sentence imposed against Macedonian police...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced in a committee hearing Wednesday that confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan will begin June 28 . Leahy's confirmation schedule...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that the Philadelphia Immigration Court has ordered the deportation of former SS guard Anton Geiser to Austria for serving as an armed guard at the...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee released a bipartisan questionnaire on Tuesday submitted by Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan regarding her prior experience, financial status, potential conflicts of interest,...
The UK coalition government will review the country's Human Rights Act after two Pakistani terror suspects successfully avoided deportation by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission due to concerns for their safety. The commission identified both...
The International Crisis Group (ICG) on Monday accused Sri Lankan security forces of war crimes during the last months of the Sri Lankan civil war . The ICG claims that the violence of...
