The Republic of South Sudan was recognized as an independent country on Saturday, making it the world's 193rd nation. In the capital city of Juba, President Salva Kiir was sworn in for a four-year term,...

An Italian appeals court on Saturday ordered Fininvest , a holding company owned by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , to pay 560 million euros (USD 801 million) in damages and fees to...

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday charged three Somali pirates with 26 counts for acts of piracy in the hijacking of a US vessel that resulted in the deaths of four...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday criticized the US execution of Mexican national Humberto Leal Garcia a day earlier, saying that the sentence violated international law. Pillay said that the US...

The UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries on Friday proposed international legislation to create mechanisms for prosecuting contractors and mercenaries when they violate the law. The Chairman of the UN Working...

The Senegalese government announced on Friday that they will be deporting former Chad president Hissene Habre to Chad, where he is likely to be tried for war crimes [AP-Senegal report,...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Friday revived a lawsuit brought by 15 Indonesian citizens against the US corporation ExxonMobil Corp. alleging that its wholly-owned subsidiary hired security...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced Friday that it is filing a lawsuit challenging a controversial Alabama law that expands restrictions on undocumented immigrants. The lawsuit, filed in the US...

The Honduran Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Thursday released their final report on the June 2009 coup that removed Manuel Zelaya from power, declaring the coup unconstitutional, but...

Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina (PPCNC) filed a lawsuit Thursday to block the enforcement of North Carolina's budget that denies state and federal funds used to subsidize Planned Parenthood family planning services and teen...