A Japanese parliamentary committee Monday approved a controversial anti-terror bill re-authorizing Japan's support mission for US operations in the Indian Ocean. Under the bill, Japanese ships will be barred from refueling US ships involved in combat or humanitarian operations...

The White House must preserve all of its e-mail records by saving back-up disks, United States District Court Judge Henry Kennedy ordered Monday. The order was a blow to the Bush administration, which has been...

The trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a decision Monday setting the trial date for former Union of Patriotic Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga for March...

The reconstituted Supreme Court of Pakistan led by Musharraf emergency appointee Abdul Hameed Dogar indicated Monday that its full bench will hear a petition later this week challenging General Pervez Musharraf's November 3 declaration of...

Pakistani lawyers began returning to work in some of the country's lower courts Monday, one week after thousands of lawyers and law students protested against President Pervez Musharraf's proclamation of emergency rule , suspension of the constitution and...

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told parliament Monday that the government was planning to release 400 more Palestinian prisoners later this month, adding to the release last month of more than 80 Palestinian prisoners. The...

Indonesian prosecutors on Monday announced the breakdown of court-ordered settlement negotiations with lawyers representing Tommy Suharto , son of former President Haji Mohammad Suharto . Indonesian law requires that parties try mediation to resolve...

Pakistani Attorney General Malik Mohammed Qayyum said Monday that the newly-reconstituted Supreme Court of Pakistan will next week resume consideration of legal challenges to the eligibility of President Pervez Musharraf to run for re-election while...

The Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice is stepping up its enforcement of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act , according to a report from McClatchy Newspapers. The law, commonly known as the...

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Monday criticized procedures used by the UN Security Council and the European Union for blacklisting individuals and organizations on its terror list, adopting a draft report by parliamentarian...