Zimbabwe State Security Minister Didymus Mutasa on Tuesday repeated his threats that government soldiers and police will use deadly force if necessary to thwart any protests organized by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai . Mutasa was...

US District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. on Tuesday declared a mistrial in the case of Umer Hayat, who is accused of lying to the FBI about his son's alleged terrorism-related activities, after the jury failed to...

Serge Brammertz , the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court who is heading the UN's independent investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , on Tuesday met with Syrian...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday handed down opinions in two cases, including Northern Insurance v. Chatham County , 04-1618, where the Court held that an entity that is not entitled...

Former Computer Associates CEO Sanjay Kumar pleaded guilty Monday to charges of securities fraud, perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with allegations that the company improperly booked $2.2 billion in revenue in...

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has refused to conduct a full court rehearing of a three-judge panel's ruling that a Mercer County, Kentucky courthouse display containing the Ten Commandments...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, Iran could be the target of a new UN Security Council resolution mandating compliance with an International Atomic Energy Agency order that Iran cease production of enriched uranium . US,...

Yemeni al Qaeda member Khaled Mohammed Abdullah al-Batati, one of the 23 prisoners who escaped from prison in February , has turned himself in to authorities. Al-Batati, the eighth escapee to turn himself in, was serving a three-year...

Opposition political parties in Nepal on Tuesday formally ended several weeks of pro-democracy protests after King Gyanendra ordered the reinstatement of parliament on Monday. Leaders from the seven-party opposition alliance...

The chief military prosecutor for Guantanamo Bay , USAF Col. Morris Davis , Monday announced plans to charge an additional two dozen Guantanamo detainees and to seek the death penalty against several. Three of the...