Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed arrived in Bangladesh Monday after the government last week lifted a ban against her returning to the country. When asked if she feared arrest on her return, Hasina...

Gen. David Petraeus , the top commanding officer of US troops in Iraq, told a gathering of reporters Monday that he was "greatly concerned" by a survey released by the Pentagon Friday that revealed many...

Indonesian prosecutors registered their appeal Monday against the acquittal of American Richard Ness , the regional chief executive of Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation , and Newmont's local subsidiary on...

The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday suspended an investigation into misconduct charges against Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry . Pakistan's Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) has been conducting an inquiry into Chaudhry's...

A defense lawyer for former Liberian President Charles Taylor told the Special Court for Sierra Leone Monday that potential defense witnesses are refusing to testify for the defense because they fear the...

The convincing victory of conservative French Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy over Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal in the French presidential run-off election Sunday means that the incoming French...

The Turkish parliament opened debate Monday on an amendment to the Turkish constitution that would see the country's president elected by a popular vote rather than by members of parliament, as is current practice. The move comes the...

The Iraqi High Tribunal heard closing arguments Sunday from defense lawyers in the genocide trial of Ali Hassan al-Majid and other former officials in the Saddam Hussein [JURIST...

Suspended Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry appeared Sunday to raise the stakes in his defense against President Pervez Musharraf's charges of abusing authority, telling tens of thousands of supporters at a Lahore rally that...

A report released Sunday by Israeli human rights groups B'Tselem and the HaMoked Centre for the Defence of the Individual says that the members of the Israeli security services routinely maltreat Palestinian detainees during...