Egypt's chief prosecutor on Monday requested that Foreign Ministry officials take steps to freeze any foreign assets belonging to former president Hosni Mubarak and his family.Prosecutor Abdel Magid made the request even though Mubarak...

Indian President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil announced Monday that the government will work to eradicate corruption. In her address to both houses of Parliament to open the budget session, Patil stated that India will take...

The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday submitted a formal request to Saudi Arabian authorities to extradite ousted former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali following the...

Federal prosecutors have dropped a criminal investigation against former Countrywide Financial Corporation executive Angelo Mozilo, concluding that he was not involved in any criminal conduct during his time as director over the company, according to Friday...

Former UK Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf warned Monday that a British Bill of Rights, as proposed by various members of the British government, would conflict with the European Convention on Human Rights , which the...

The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the conviction and death sentence of Pakistani national Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab , the only surviving gunman of the three-day siege of Mumbai [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news...

The Libyan government is considering adopting a constitution and allowing greater freedoms, Saif al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi , announced Monday in a televised address following several days of protests. In the address, Saif al-Islam...

A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday found Lt Col Kibibi Mutware guilty of involvement in mass rapes that took place on New Year's Day and sentenced him...

Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi called Sunday for his own trial to be set up in a public court. In an open letter to the head of the Supreme Judicial System of Iran [GlobaLex...

The Utah House of Representatives on Friday approved an Arizona-style immigration law by a 58-15 majority vote. Sponsored by Representative Stephen Sandstrom (R) , the controversial bill had been amended several times...