The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Tapia v. United States to determine whether a district court may impose a longer prison sentence...

A UN panel of experts on Sri Lanka has found credible allegations of war crimes committed during the country's war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) , according to excerpts of a report disclosed...

The Obama administration on Monday charged General Eugenio Vides Casanova, former defense minister of El Salvador, for human rights crimes committed during El Salvador's 12-year civil war while he served as the country's top military officer. The...

The National Assembly of Hungary approved a new constitution on Monday by a margin of 262-44 and one abstention. Members of the country's socialist party (MSZP) [official website, in...

Defense lawyers for six Kenyan leaders charged in the International Criminal Court (ICC) with inciting violence after the December 2007 Kenyan elections called for the timely release of evidence against their clients on...

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in a Guantanamo detainee case but granted certiorari in a case involving deportation. Monday marked the second time the case...

An Italian court in Milan on Monday acquitted four banks charged with failing to have adequate steps to prevent the 2003 Parmalat SpA dairy empire crash. Parmalat collapsed under 14 billion euros in debt...

Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was arrested Monday in connection with protests against increasing food and fuel costs. Bloomberg reports Besigye was detained during the protest , while Al Jazeera reports Besigye was arrested on...

Egyptian prosecutors charged former prime minister Ahmed Nazif, former finance minister Yousef Boutros and former interior minister Habib el Adly with corruption on Sunday. The charges stem from allegations that the three former officials, all of which served under...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday announced in a televised speech that he will lift emergency laws that have been in place for 48 years. For the past four weeks, tens...