Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf stepped down as head of Pakistan's army Wednesday, the day before he is scheduled to take an oath of office as Pakistan's civilian president. Musharraf's role as army chief complicated his recent bid for re-election...

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Tuesday upheld a district court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by illegal immigrant detainees over their transfer from Massachusetts to Texas holding centers...

The judicial panel of the UK House of Lords, also known as the Law Lords, Wednesday upheld a controversial ban on hunting with hounds under the Hunting Act 2004 . The Lords said that overturning the ban,...

Ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry Tuesday urged Pakistan's political parties and people to boycott parliamentary elections scheduled for January 8, saying that they were comprised by being held under unconstitutional emergency rule and should...

A Greek appeals court Tuesday dismissed criminal charges against former Getty Museum curator Marion True for her alleged involvement in the looting of an ancient gold wreath from Greece. The Los Angeles museum acquired the wreath in...

Political arrests in China more than doubled in 2006 compared to the previous year, according to a report Wednesday from human rights group Dui Hua . The 2007 Chinese Law Yearbook revealed that...

An Egyptian court sentenced three police officers to seven years in prison late Tuesday for torturing 38-year-old carpenter Nasr Abdullah to death in July. The sentencing is part of the country's recent crackdown on police brutality. Earlier this month,...

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday affirmed the genocide and crime against humanity convictions of former lawmaker and retired colonel Aloys Simba [ICTR case materials; Trial...

Russian officials said Wednesday that leaders in the country want to replace the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with a formal, binding agreement with the US that will limit the creation of new nuclear weapons. The treaty,...

The Simon Wiesenthal Center announced Tuesday that it will extend its campaign to capture and prosecute suspected Nazi war criminals to four South American countries. In a press conference in Buenos Aires, director Efraim Zuroff outlined the...