Former Burundi President Domitien Ndayizeye was arrested Monday in connection with an ongoing investigation into an alleged plot to overthrow the current government. Authorities say he was taken in for questioning by prosecutors. Earlier this month, Burundi...

Indonesian authorities on Monday stayed the executions of Amrozi Nurhasyim, Ali Gufron and Imam Samudra, three of the men convicted for the bombings that killed over 200 people at a Bali nightclub in 2002 , allowing time for...

One of the terror suspects arrested in London earlier this month in connection with the foiled terror plot to bomb airplanes crossing the Atlantic Ocean has challenged his continued detention in a London court. Lawyers for "Detainee...

Philippine President Gloria Arroyo on Monday appointed an independent commission to investigate "the series of extrajudicial killings of journalists and militant activists in the country." Arroyo has been criticized for the government's failure...

Carla Del Ponte , chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , on Monday called Serbia's continued failure to arrest war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic "inexcusable," saying...

Saddam Hussein refused to enter a plea Monday as he and six co-defendants went on trial on genocide and crimes against humanities charges in connection to the so-called "Anfal" operation that led...

Israeli intelligence forces on Sunday arrested Mahmoud al-Ramahi, a top member of Hamas and secretary-general of the Palestinian Legislative Council , one day after Israeli forces detained the Palestinian deputy prime minister . Israel regards...

A spokesman for the government of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged Iranian prosecutors to pursue charges against several Iranian newspapers who have published articles accusing Ahmadinejad of financial wrongdoing in recent weeks. In a...

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Sunday that Israel had committed crimes against humanity during its month-long bombing campaign in the current Middle East conflict . Touring areas outside of Beirut that had been hard...

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya on Sunday called for the release of Deputy Prime Minister and Hamas party member Nasser Shaer, who was arrested Saturday morning after Israeli soldiers forced entry into an apartment where...