UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Sunday urged Senegal not to deport former Chadian president Hissene Habre back to Chad, where he has been sentenced to death. Pillay advised...

Lawyers associated with Thailand's outgoing ruling Democrat Party filed papers with the Election Commission on Friday challenging the Puea Thai party's election victory. The filings seek to dissolve the Puea Thai party on grounds that the...

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...