Wu Shu-Chen, the wife of former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian , pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of money-laundering and forgery, but denied charges that she embezzled from the presidential state affairs fund. Wu claims the...

US financier Bernard Madoff consented to a partial judgment with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Monday over civil charges brought by the SEC to obtain a preliminary injunction and...

The Chinese delegation to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) defended China's human rights record Monday while presenting a report in compliance with the UNHRC's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Ambassador Li Baodong...

US Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday ordered a review of all government claims invoking the state secrets privilege . A spokesperson for the Department of Justice (DOJ) said that each state secrets...

Eluana Englaro , an Italian woman at the center of a right-to-die controversy in the country, died Monday, shortly after the Italian Senate began debate on legislation that would...

Former Rwandan defense investigator Léonidas Nshogoza went on trial Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Nshogoza was arrested in June 2007 for allegedly bribing witnesses, fabricating evidence, and "interfering with the...

Former British attorney general Peter Goldsmith on Monday urged  the UK and other European states to create an "international coalition" to assist the US in closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility as soon as possible. Goldsmith said...

Spain's Supreme Court on Sunday unanimously banned the Basque separatist political groups Democracy 3 Million (D3M) and Askatasuna from participation in the coming March elections. The court found that Askatasuna was...

A senior Iraqi official confirmed Monday that four Iraqi prisoners were released from the Guantanamo Bay military prison into Iraqi custody for further interrogation. The anonymous official also confirmed that only one Iraqi citizen...

The Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) on Sunday set a Feb. 19 trial date for the Iraqi journalist accused of throwing his shoes at former US President George W. Bush. The court allowed the charge...