Myanmar's military junta continued its controversial referendum on a draft constitution Saturday in areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis earlier this month that left some 130,000 people dead or missing according to the latest estimates. Voting...

The leaders of Pakistan's governing Pakistan People's Party presented an anticipated 62-point constitutional amendment package at a news conference Saturday, saying it would be presented to the country's parliament by the end of June. The...

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey defended Bush administration attorneys who authored memoranda supporting the legality of coercive interrogating tactics - the so-called "torture memos" - in a commencement address to...

US Department of Defense prosecutors Friday charged Guantanamo Bay detainee Noor Uthman Muhammed with conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism. Muhammed, a Sudanese national, is accused of conspiring with various al Qaeda [JURIST...

Some 270 illegal immigrants arrested during a US immigration sting at an Agriprocessors Inc. meatpacking plant in Iowa, were each sentenced to five months in prison and 27 more received probation...

A Marine Corps General Friday declined to press charges against two US Marines involved in a March 2007 incident in which 30 US Marines opened fire on civilians alongside a road in Nangahar province, Afghanistan, after...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Friday ruled that a small uninhabited island on which Singapore operates a light beacon does in fact belong to the country, ending a 38-year long dispute...

Case Concerning Soverignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore), International Court of Justice, May 23, 2008 [holding that a small, uninhabited island on which Singapore operates a light beacon does belong to the country, ending...

Minister of Justice v. Omar Khadr, Supreme Court of Canada, May 23, 2008 [holding that Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen detained by the US at Guantanamo Bay military prison, has a constitutional right to see confidential documents compiled by Canadian...

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled Friday that Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr has a constitutional right to see confidential documents compiled by Canadian officials following interviews with Khadr in...