A Chilean judge sentenced General Manuel Contreras, former chief of police under the reign of Augusto Pinochet , to 15 years in prison on Thursday for murdering an opposition activist. Left-wing activist Ramon Martinez was...

All nine justices of Myanmar's Constitutional Court resigned Thursday after Parliament voted for impeachment. President Thein Sein has reportedly accepted the resignations of all nine justices. The parliament was created as part of Myanmar's constitutional...

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , Cambodia's UN-supported war crimes tribunal, announced Thursday that it would declassify more than 1,700 documents including "victims' 'confessions' and biographies, witness statements, transcripts of in...

The Fair Trade Commission of Korea (KFTC) on Thursday said that South Korean regulators are investigating an Apple complaint alleging that Samsung Electronics is unfairly competing in the market to the disadvantage of its competitors....

Government officials from both the US and Afghanistan have said that the American military will maintain control over foreign detainees at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan for the indefinite future, and will...

The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered three proposed constitutional amendments to appear on the ballot during the November election. The court's decision outlined four proposed amendments, approving three of them for general approval by...

Canadian authorities received documents and materials about Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee and convict Omar Khadr from US authorities on Wednesday and will now consider whether he can be transferred into Canadian custody....

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the Chinese government to halt the deportation of Myanmar refugees. In a letter sent to the Chinese Minister of Foreign affairs, the rights group said that the return...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the government of Pakistan on Wednesday to ensure that minority Shia Muslims in Pakistan are protected from attacks by Sunni militant groups. HRW noted that attacks...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the city of Los Angeles violated the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the US constitution when it seized and destroyed...