A Dutch court took steps Monday to obtain testimony from Saddam Hussein in an appeal by a Dutch businessman convicted of selling chemicals that were used in poison gas attacks in Iraq. Frans Van...

The Secure Fence Act of 2006 , the second portion of a two-part plan to tackle illegal immigration in the US, was sent to President George Bush Monday for his signature. The...

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has ruled that Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj can act as his own lawyer in his upcoming trial. An...

The lead legal consultant for the military regime that took over the Thai government in a bloodless coup in September was elected Tuesday to serve as speaker of the National Legislative Assembly , which is tasked...

Indonesia will release two prisoners convicted of the 2002 bombings that killed over 200 people at a Bali nightclub , prison officials said Monday. The convicts will be freed Tuesday to mark the Muslim holiday...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales defended the new Military Commissions Act of 2006 Monday before an audience of senior military lawyers, insisting it gives enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST...

US District Judge Sim Lake on Monday sentenced former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling to 24 years in prison and determined that $45 million of Skilling's assets will be seized to be...

A lawyer for John W. Hinckley, Jr. argued Monday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia that the man who shot President Ronald Reagan and three others in 1981 should...

A court in Croatia has ordered state officials to arrest parliamentarian Branimir Glavas on suspicion of war crimes commited against Serbs, including abduction, torture and murder in the eastern city...

The interim Thailand government installed following a military coup in September indicated Monday that it will not lift martial law until supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra reduce their efforts to destabilize the political...