The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday convicted ex-Yugoslav army chief Momcilo Perisic for crimes against humanity and war crimes , committed during the...

The trial of former French president Jacques Chirac opened in his absence on Monday after Judge Dominique Pauthe of the 11th Criminal Court of Paris agreed to continue the proceedings without him. Chirac and...

Violence broke out in the Egyptian court where the corruption and murder trial of former president Hosni Mubarak resumed on Monday for a third session. As the first witness for the prosecution began...

UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday gave a speech on the situation in Libya , announcing an investigation into collusion between MI6 , the overseas British Security Service, and the Libyan Security Services...

The trial of former Icelandic prime minister Geir Haarde began on Monday, on charges that he was grossly negligent for failing to stop the nation's banking collapse during the 2008 financial crisis ....

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) reported on Saturday that more detainees have joined a hunger strike in protest of ongoing trials related to recent pro-democracy protests. The nearly 20 jailed doctors face charges...

Panamanian lawmakers approved a bill Saturday that requires runoffs in close presidential elections. The bill mandates that if no candidate amasses 50 percent of the vote after the election, a second round of voting would take place ....

Former French president Jacques Chirac , 78, and his legal team filed documents with the 11th Criminal Court of Paris on Friday claiming Chirac is too ill to face his corruption trial [press release in...

Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday that Turkey will take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the legality of Israel's Gaza Strip blockade. Davutoglu delivered a press...

Alleged Nazi Sandor Kepiro died on Saturday at the age of 97, weeks after both the prosecution and the defense in his trial announced they would be be appealing his acquittal on war crimes charges . Kepiro was...