Opposition members in Hong Kong's legislature expressed outrage Monday at the weekend announcement that the elected successor to Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong's former executive who resigned last Thursday , would only serve the remainder of Tung's...

The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe Monday quashed an order from the state Media Commission denying the independent newspaper Daily News a license to publish. Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku advised the Harare paper, banned since September...

Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party announced a draft bill Monday that would give the President of Taiwan the power to take action to "safeguard Taiwan's sovereignty and territory" - if necessary, without legislative approval. The draft legislation,...

Following up on a report submitted last week to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , the Israeli Cabinet Sunday agreed to remove the 24 Jewish outposts established on the Palestinian West Bank since Sharon took power in March 2001....

Gojko Jankovic, a Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader, was transferred to the detention facility for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Monday after surrendering to Serbian authorities over the weekend. Jankovic is accused of encouraging his...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, March 14.The US Senate convenes at 10 AM ET today to begin consideration of the FY 2006 budget resolution. Watch a...

Anti-Secession Law, adopted at the Third Session of the Tenth Chinese National People's Congress, March 14, 2005, providing in Article 8 for "non-peaceful means" of reunification with Taiwan as a last resort:In the event that the "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces...

AP is reporting that in its Monday session in Beijing China's National People's Congress has approved an anti-secession law authorizing the use of "non-peaceful means" against Taiwan as a last resort in reunification.9:02 PM ET - China's Xinhua news...

US District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer late Saturday blocked out-of-country transfers of 13 Yemeni detainees held by the US at Guantanamo Bay pending a hearing on their lawyers' request for 30-days notice to allow investigation of whether...

The Spanish Interior Ministry said Saturday that it had arrested some 41 people, including seven lawyers, for money laundering of some $337 million that may have involved funds from troubled Russian oil company Yukos [corporate...