The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that France's ban on the cultivation of a genetically modified (GM) maize was illegal. Although France has the right to impose a ban on...
UK Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke announced Tuesday that cameras will be allowed into criminal courts in the UK and Wales to improve transparency in courts. Two acts of Parliament in place since 1925 have banned...
Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday threatened to take Russia to international arbitration over gas disputes. Ukraine relies heavily on Russian oil imports , and its territory provides transit for 80 percent of Russia's oil supplies...
Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) assured world leaders on Friday that Libya will be a society of tolerance and respect for the rule of law. During a meeting in Paris chaired by French President Nicolas...
Sri Lanka will continue to outlaw the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and detain terror suspects indefinitely despite lifting emergency laws, officials announced Thursday. The laws restricting civil and political rights for the past 30...
The president of Vietnam on Monday ordered the release of more than 10,000 prisoners, granting amnesty to commemorate the country's National Day. Although none of the high profile government dissidents was released, the president freed five individuals ...
The UN's Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Monday began conducting its fitness hearing to prosecute individuals for mass killings and other crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge...
Bangladesh prosecutors on Tuesday filed war crime charges in the International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) against Delwar Hossain Sayedee for genocide, murder and rape allegedly committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War . Sayedee is a...
JPMorgan Chase & Co reached a $153.6 million settlement Tuesday for fraud charges brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commissionn(SEC) for allegedly misleading investors during the housing crisis. A settlement...
Judge Thomas Hogan of the US District Court for the District of Columbia Monday approved a $3.4 billion settlement in the American Indian trust class-action lawsuit. The suit has been...
