A Rwandan court has ordered that a defense investigator for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) be provisionally released from police custody, according to Friday media reports. Leonidas Nshogoza was arrested in June...

The Federal Court of Canada Thursday struck down a refugee agreement between Canada and the US, noting that the US does not meet international refugee protection requirements or respect international conventions against torture. Justice Michael...

Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen said Thursday that the state will wait until the US Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of lethal injections before modifying the state's execution protocols in accordance with a September federal court ruling...

Britain's Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission Friday ruled that the UK should remove the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI) from its list of terrorist organizations. PMOI is Iran's main political opposition organization and...

European Union (EU) lawmakers adopted a legislative report Thursday to tighten gun control laws and establish an extensive firearms database. The new rules are the result of 18 months of negotiations between the European Parliament...

The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Friday that the government cannot proceed with plans to cut electricity to the Gaza Strip this weekend. The court did allow, however, a continuation of fuel supply cuts to the...

The special Constitutional Assembly in Ecuador charged with rewriting Ecuador's constitution suspended Ecuador's congress Thursday pending approval of a new charter in a nation-wide referendum, expected late next year. The special assembly, controlled by leftist President...

Philippine authorities have taken 50 military officers and supporters into custody following Thursday's attempted overthrow of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo . About a dozen officers on trial in the Philippines in...

A Sudanese court Thursday convicted British school teacher Gillian Gibbons of insulting Islam and sentenced her to 15 days in prison for allowing her students to name the class teddy bear Muhammad. Gibbons will serve 10 more...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed into law a measure that will suspend the nation's responsibilities under the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty . The Federation Council of Russia, Russia's upper house, unanimously approved...