A Spanish court on Monday ordered the release of 10 suspected terrorists accused of participating in a plot to bomb the Spanish National Court in Madrid, several days before the court is scheduled to announce the verdicts and sentences...

The Supreme Court of Indonesia on Monday announced it will consider a second appeal of the convictions of three men found responsible at trial for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings . The Supreme Court ordered a lower district...

A Bangladesh trial judge on Monday adjourned proceedings and admonished defense lawyers for former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed after they accused the judge of partiality in open court for refusing to allow cross...

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang said Sunday that unchecked human rights violations in Nepal remain a barrier to achieving sustainable peace in the country. Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and Maoist rebel...

Iraq's three-member Presidency Council said Sunday that a bill allowing most former members of Saddam Huessein's Baath party to be reinstated to public life has become law. The controversial Accountability and Justice Law , passed by the...

Former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea will request release on bail when he appears in front of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) Monday for a pre-trial hearing relating...

Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan was detained Saturday at the Lahore airport after attempting to board a plane for the Sindh province , where he planned to visit the grave of former Pakistani...

Patricia Martinez v. County of Monroe, et. al., Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Division, February 1, 2008 . Read the full text...

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Saturday that he supports a proposed law that would allow most members of Saddam Hussein's defunct Baath Party to return to their old positions in government. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri...

Turkey needs to lift its ban on women wearing headscarves at universities in order to improve the country's chances of accession into the European Union (EU) , Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Saturday. Turkey's Grand National...