Spanish judge Santiago Pedraz ruled Thursday that charges against three US soldiers for homicide and a "crime against the international community" in the 2004 death in Iraq of cameraman Jose Couso should...

United Nations inspectors met with Sudanese officials Thursday in the first steps of a UN investigation into human rights abuses by the Sudanese government in Darfur . The seven-person team arrived in Sudan...

The International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) said Wednesday that a controversial 700-mile fence along the US-Mexican border may violate the 1970 Boundary Treaty , which resolved all pending boundary differences between the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday that a federal judge presiding over the criminal tax fraud prosecution of accounting firm KPMG improperly exercised ancillary jurisdiction over a...

Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu and international NGO Oxfam Thursday called on developing nations to submit proposals for a conventional weapons convention to the United Nations . Tutu urged developing nations especially to submit proposals...

Chinese government authorities detained 28 people for either their alleged role in riots in southwestern China over the weekend or communicating information concerning the riots, according to reports from Xinhua, China's state media agency. Xinhua said that...

Suspended Romanian President Trian Basescu was reinstated Wednesday after the Romanian Constitutional Court certified results of a weekend referendum where 74 percent of voters rejected Basescu's impeachment . Basescu was...

The government of Burundi and the United Nations (UN) agreed Wednesday to establish a tribunal to try those accused of war crimes during the nation's 12-year civil war , according to the UN....

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine limited the president's power to appoint and dismiss members of local judiciaries on Wednesday. The ruling affirmed that of the country's High Justice Council . In Ukraine, local...

The US House of Representatives narrowly passed the Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act Wednesday, approving heavy criminal penalties for oil companies and individuals who take "unfair advantage" or charge "unconscionably excessive" prices for fuel....