The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Wednesday ordered eight Croatian journalists to be questioned about possible contempt of court violations for revealing confidential information. Three national television journalists and five newspaper writers...

The government of the Republic of Georgia has declared a state of emergency following days of protests in the capital city of Tbilisi, according to a televised speech Wednesday. Reading a prepared statement, Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Hall Street Associates v. Mattel , 06-989, where the Court considered whether parties can contractually agree to vacate...

Former chairman and CEO of mortgage finance company Freddie Mac Leland Brendsel agreed to a consent decree Tuesday to settle administrative charges filed by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise...

Bosnian police Wednesday arrested retired Serbian General Novack Djukic for alleged involvement in a 1995 war crime in which the Republika Srpska Army fired a single artillery shell into the central square of...

The Interpol General Assembly Wednesday voted to issue arrest notices for five Iranians and one Lebanese man wanted in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish Community Center . On Monday,...

Four Chadian nationals face criminal charges over their alleged involvement in an attempt to airlift 103 children from Chad for the French charity Zoe's Ark . The four defendants - the...

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's Saturday declaration of emergency rule is likely to end in two to three weeks, ruling Pakistan Muslim League party president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain told Pakistan's English newspaper Dawn Tuesday. Hussain said that Musharraf...

UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari will meet with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, Gambari told diplomats during a one-hour briefing Wednesday. Gambari had originally proposed a meeting with both...

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan headed to federal prison Wednesday morning to serve a 6 1/2-year sentence on corruption charges after the US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Ryan's request to remain...