The transitional government of Somalia has agreed to cooperate with a UN probe into alleged human rights violations that occurred during recent fighting in the country's capital, according to UN emergency relief co-ordinator John Holmes [UN...

The Ukrainian Constitutional Court announced Monday that it will consider whether a second decree by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to dissolve parliament and hold early June elections was constitutional. The court is already...

US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff met with the European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee Monday in his latest bid to convince the EU to allow the transfer of...

The court-martial of the Navy lawyer accused of passing then-undisclosed names of Guantanamo detainees to a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) began Monday. In its opening statement, the prosecution argued that Lt....

The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida heard opening statements Monday in the federal trial of US citizen and alleged al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla . The government told jurors that...

The German state court in Darmstadt convicted two former Siemens AG officials on Monday of bribing and assisting in the bribery of two managers at Enel , Italy's largest utilities company. Andreas Kley, a former finance...

The Connecticut Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in the case of eight gay couples who are unhappy with Connecticut's civil unions law and are seeking full marriage rights. Gay & Lesbian Advocates and...

A Syrian court sentenced writer and activist Michel Kilo Monday to a prison term of three years for "speaking false news, weakening national feeling and inciting sectarian sentiments." Kilo was arrested in May 2005 along...

Pojaman Shinawatra, wife of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , her brother Banpot Damapong, and her personal secretary Kanchanapa Honghern, pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of tax evasion and perjury ...

Approximately 1.5 million people descended upon Izmir, Turkey Sunday to demonstrate against the Islamist-rooted government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan , expressing their commitment to the concept of a secular republic. The...