The government of Nigeria filed a lawsuit in a Nigerian federal court Wednesday against local tobacco producer International Tobacco Company, Ltd. and international tobacco producers British American Tobacco (BAT) and Philip Morris International [corporate...

Increasing institutionalization of racist political ideologies and violent expressions of racism seriously threaten democracy and human rights, a United Nations expert told the General Assembly Wednesday. In his report to the General Assembly's Third Committee ,...

The Florida Supreme Court issued a 5-2 order Wednesday denying a stay of execution for death row inmate Mark Dean Schwab . The court ruled last week that the state could proceed with...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Wednesday ordered eight Croatian journalists to be questioned about possible contempt of court violations for revealing confidential information. Three national television journalists and five newspaper writers...

The government of the Republic of Georgia has declared a state of emergency following days of protests in the capital city of Tbilisi, according to a televised speech Wednesday. Reading a prepared statement, Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Hall Street Associates v. Mattel , 06-989, where the Court considered whether parties can contractually agree to vacate...

Former chairman and CEO of mortgage finance company Freddie Mac Leland Brendsel agreed to a consent decree Tuesday to settle administrative charges filed by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise...

Bosnian police Wednesday arrested retired Serbian General Novack Djukic for alleged involvement in a 1995 war crime in which the Republika Srpska Army fired a single artillery shell into the central square of...

The Interpol General Assembly Wednesday voted to issue arrest notices for five Iranians and one Lebanese man wanted in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish Community Center . On Monday,...

Four Chadian nationals face criminal charges over their alleged involvement in an attempt to airlift 103 children from Chad for the French charity Zoe's Ark . The four defendants - the...