A jailed former Sri Lanka army chief was sentenced on Friday to an additional three years in prison for reportedly implicating his country's defense secretary in war crimes at the end of the 26-year Sri Lankan civil war [CFR...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday denied a request to block the release of names on Washington state petitions for Referendum 71 (R-71) opposing domestic partnerships. Last month, the Washington...

Philippine authorities arrested former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Friday in response to a warrant issued that same day on charges of corruption and election fraud occurring during her time as president. Arroyo...

Russian lawmakers in the city of St. Petersburg on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved an initial reading of a bill that would impose fines against people convicted of promoting homosexuality, including gays or lesbians who are open about their sexuality. The...

The White House released a statement of administration policy on Thursday praising the work of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 but warning that...

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sponsors of Proposition 8 and other ballot initiatives can defend them in court when the state refuses to do so....

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for former spokesperson Florence Hartmann for nonpayment of a €7,000...

The UN Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs stressed Thursday that parties in conflict have a duty to protect non-combatants under international law. Valerie Amos highlighted conflicts in Somalia, Sudan and Yemen [BBC...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) convicted former Rwandan mayor Gregoire Ndahimana of genocide and crimes against humanity on Thursday and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. Ndahimana was charged...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi Tuesday remanded to state court the Mississippi attorney general's lawsuit against the administrator of the British Petroleum (BP) $20 billion...