The Myanmar Supreme Court on Friday heard the final appeal filed by pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi challenging the extension of her house arrest. The hearing comes two weeks before Suu Kyi's house...
President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Judge Sang-Hyun Song , called Thursday on the international community to redouble its efforts to arrest eight suspects sought for alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity or...
The Kenyan Cabinet on Thursday authorized a 3.5 billion shilling expenditure to finance the transition to the country's new constitution. The funds, roughly USD $43 million , are intended to facilitate implementation of the...
Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah called Thursday for all Lebanese to boycott the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) , a probe into the assassination of former prime minister Rafik...
The EU Court of Justice has reinstated a ban on the import of seal products, according to a ruling released Thursday rejecting challenges by Canada's Inuit hunters and fur traders. Regulation (EC) No...
The head of the UK's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) made a public statement Thursday defending the use of secrecy for protecting national security, but also acknowledging concerns over some of the agency's adopted tactics. SIS Chief...
A Kuwaiti appeals court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of eight men accused of attempting to form an al Qaeda cell and planning to attack a US base 70 miles south of Kuwait City. The men were tried and...
The trial of 25 Shia Muslim opposition activists began in Bahrain on Thursday with the activists pleading not guilty to charges of plotting to overthrow the government and supporting terror cells. The activists said that they were working for...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) will decide whether to prosecute additional Khmer Rouge officers. Ban spoke to reporters after...
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict urged the US on Wednesday not to imprison Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr . Radhika Coomaraswamy...