The Israeli Ministry of Justice said Tuesday the state prosecutor plans to launch an investigation into allegations that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert impermissibly promoted the interests of two business associates in his capacity...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the consolidated cases of Safeco Insurance v. Burr and GEICO General Insurance v. Edo , 06-00084 and 06-00100,...

Argentine Federal Judge Norberto Oyarbide issued a second international arrest warrant on Tuesday for former Argentine President Isabel Peron , currently living in exile in Spain. The warrant demands that Peron be returned to Argentina ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday overturned the 22-year sentence of Ahmed Ressam , convicted of attempting to blow up Los Angeles International Airport on the eve of the...

Attorneys for Marine Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich, charged with the killing of Iraqi civilians in Haditha , have asked Marine Lt. Gen. James Mattis to launch an investigation into the leak of a Naval...

Thailand's former ruling Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party went on trial Tuesday on charges of committing election fraud during last year's parliamentary elections by allegedly misusing the independent election commission and illegally paying smaller parties...

EU law enforcement officials agreed Monday that a police data-sharing agreement among members states should be expanded to include all 27 member nations. German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made the announcement at the end of two-day...

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia said Tuesday that Dragan Zelenovic will plead guilty to rape and murder charges stemming from the Bosnian Serb's time as a...

More than 130 deans of US law schools signed a statement released Monday expressing their dismay at comments made last week by DOD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson in a...

Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi said Tuesday that he was taken by surprise by the hangings Monday of former Saddam Hussein-era Revolutionary Court judge Awad Hamed al-Bandar and former Iraqi intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti...