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Kuwaiti Justice Minister Ahmad Baqer said Saturday that Kuwait has prepared its own indictment against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for crimes against the emirate during the 1990-1991 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and that that indictment...

Saddam Hussein met with his Iraqi lawyer Khalil Dulaimi Monday, after Iraqi authorities announced that his first trial before the Iraqi Special Tribunal will begin on October 19 . Hussein faces charges for the...

The chief of Iran's Judiciary said Monday that Iran objected to the "insignificant and petty" indictment on which former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein will be tried beginning October 19. The Iraqi government confirmed Sunday that Hussein and...

Iranian political prisoner, dissident journalist Akbar Ganji , has ended the hunger strike he began on June 11 to protest the conditions of his confinement, his wife confirmed Monday. The confirmation follows an earlier announcement from...

An Iranian court ruled on Monday that it lacked jurisdiction to investigate the death of Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi as a premeditated murder since the original court ruled the death unintentional. Kazemi died three weeks...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Argentine Supreme Court has struck down the nation's two amnesty laws preventing former military and government officials from being investigated and prosecuted for alleged crimes and human rights abuses during...