The US Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings Monday for Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor , with Democratic and Republican senators offered contrasting interpretations of Sotomayor's judicial record and philosophy....

Ugandan officials announced Monday that they plan to arrest Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir on war crimes charges if he enters the country, pursuant to an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant [JURIST news...

Accused Nigerian rebel leader Henry Okah was released on Monday after the government dropped treason and gun trafficking charges against him. The government alleges that Okah is the leader of the rebel group Movement for the Emancipation of Niger...

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor began his defense Monday against war crimes charges that include 11 counts of crimes against humanity, violations of the Geneva Conventions, and other violations of international humanitarian...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Monday that Nicaragua has interfered with Costa Rica's right of free navigation on the San Juan river, which separates the two Central American nations. Costa Rica filed a...

German prosecutors on Monday filed charges against alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk for being an accessory to murder during World War II. Demjanjuk faces 27,900 accessory counts stemming from...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has urged adherence to Iraqi antiquities law in a report on damage to the ancient city of Babylon before and since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003....

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday announced changes to immigration enforcement policies for state and local agencies. Created by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, the changes affect...

Former vice-president Dick Cheney directly ordered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to withhold from Congress information on a counterterrorism program kept secret for eight years until it was terminated by current CIA director Leon...

US Attorney General Eric Holder is still considering appointing a prosecutor to investigate allegations of torture during the Bush administration, Newsweek reported Saturday. Despite pressure from the White House to "look forward, not backwards"...