The Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an election challenged filed by Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller , allowing certification of the November results to move forward. Miller claimed that errors in the counting...

The Kenyan Parliament on Wednesday approved a motion to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC) . The vote comes a week after ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo presented cases against [JURIST...

The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning recent post-election violence in the Ivory Coast that has resulted in more than 170 deaths. Alassane Ouattara defeated incumbent Laurent Gbagbo ...

Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison for crimes against humanity during Argentina's "Dirty War" . The Federal Court of Cordoba [official website, in...

A French judge has charged Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) leader Callixte Mbarushimana, according to reports Wednesday. Examining magistrate Rene Cros charged Mbarushimana with war crimes and crimes against humanity for his...

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 4-4-1 Wednesday that various sections of the national law regulating the use of human embryos and other aspects of reproduction fall outside the scope of Parliament's legislative authority. In...

The US Senate voted 71-26 Wednesday to ratify the so-called New START treaty between Russia and the US. The new START treaty replaces the expired Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I treaty) ,...

The US Senate and the House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final approval to a defense spending bill that includes a provision preventing Guantanamo Bay detainees from being transferred to the...

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law a bill to repeal the military's controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT) . The Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday ordered the US government to pay more than $2.5 million in damages and attorney's fees to an Islamic charity for...