A committee of Japanese lawmakers met Thursday to discuss amending a pacifist clause in Japan's constitution , which has not been changed since US occupation forces wrote the document in 1947. Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party [official...

A lawyer for Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir , imprisoned for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings , on Thursday protested an Australian official's statements with regard to Bashir's sentence as interfering in Indonesian affairs....

More than 20 years following the death of Roberto Calvi , the trial of five people accused of murdering him began Thursday in Italy. Calvi, known as "God's Banker" for his financial ties to the Vatican, was found...

The trial of Saddam Hussein for the 1982 killings of 143 Shiite Muslims in the village of Dujail will likely be postponed, according to a senior British official. Earlier this week, the Iraqi Special...

The Israeli Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Israeli defense forces' use Palestinian civilians as human shields during arrest raids violated international law. Human rights groups had petitioned to halt the practice after a temporary...

The Spanish government has announced plans to expel hundreds of illegal African immigrants who have entered the country over the past week in a series of mass rushes on the country's small border with Morocco in...

Greece's handling of asylum seekers and immigrants includes incidents of human rights abuses and discrimination, according to a new report from Amnesty International . According to the report, titled Out of the Spotlight ,...

Spain's Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that thousands of alleged killings and kidnappings committed during Guatemala's civil war may be tried by Spanish courts. The court ruling opened up the country's tribunals to hear genocide cases, even...

A North Carolina judge ruled Wednesday that $318 million in funds from a 1998 tobacco settlement should be released to tobacco farmers as litigation continues over other remaining payments. Tobacco companies had sought a refund of the money after...

AP is reporting that the US Senate has overwhelmingly approved legislation that sets restrictions on the detention, interrogation and prosecution of terror suspects. The Senate approved the measure by a 90-9 vote margin [Senate roll...