A Thai court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for 13 leaders of anti-government protests, including former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra . The warrants were issued a day after Shinawatra called for the overthrow of the...

Members of Fiji's Law Society on Tuesday called for deposed judges to remain in office and resist the current military regime's attempts to oust them. Judiciary confusion and political upheaval have continued in Fiji as lawyers refused...

A spokesperson for the Iranian Judiciary announced Tuesday that an imprisoned US journalist was tried on espionage charges Monday. The Revolutionary Court of Iran conducted the trial of Roxana Saberi , accused of passing classified information to US...

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari signed legislation Monday that would establish Islamic Sharia law in the volatile North West Frontier Province (NWFP) area of Swat, sending the bill [Daily...

A three-judge panel for the Minnesota State Court for the Second District on Monday declared  Al Franken the winner of the state's 2008 US Senate race over opponent Norm Coleman . Both candidates had brought claims...

Chief prosecutor of the Serbian Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said Monday that Serbia would ask the US for the extradition of alleged Nazi war criminal Peter Egner after his US citizenship is revoked....

US President Barack Obama has ordered the lifting of travel restrictions and restrictions on money transfers between Cuban-Americans and their families in Cuba. Obama also ordered that US telecommunications companies be allowed to work within Cuba...

US Army Sgt. John Hatley entered a plea of not guilty to murder charges at his court-martial on Monday for the killing of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners in 2007. Hatley, along with Sgt. Michael...

 Iraqi military spokesperson Major General Qassim Atta said Monday that he is seeking the closure of the Bagdad offices of newspaper Al-Hayat and television network Al-Sharquiya after the two media outlets allegedly misquoted him in a...

The government of China on Monday issued its first national plan aimed at protecting human rights. The Information Office of the State Council published the National Human Rights Action Plan of China, which sets...