Zimbabwean opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) filed a lawsuit in the Harare High Court Friday to compel the country's Electoral Commission to release the results of last Saturday's elections . The commission...

Tibetan courts will swiftly prosecute demonstrators involved in protests against Chinese rule in Tibet last month, according to Friday state media reports. A top Tibet official was quoted as saying that over 1,000 protesters will face prosecution...

A Montana death row inmate filed a lawsuit Thursday asserting that the lethal injection protocol used by Montana's Department of Corrections constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under both Article 2 of the Montana Constitution and...

Serbian officials Friday condemned the Thursday war crimes acquittal of former Kosovo Prime Minister and Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander Ramush Haradinaj by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official...

Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday renewed assurances that Russia was ready to resume participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) , so long as Western nations ratify the 1999 version of the treaty. Speaking...

South Korean prosecutors Friday questioned Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee about allegations of corruption, including accusations that Samsung maintained a $200 million slush fund to bribe prosecutors, judges and civil servants. Former Samsung lawyer...

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Friday called on 12 countries, including Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon, to join the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as the organization prepared to hold a...

Letter on the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007, US Attorney General Michael Mukasey and Director of National Intelligence J.M. McConnell, April 2, 2008 ....

The Russian State Duma , the country's lower house of parliament, voted 363-8 Friday to approve new restrictions on national referendums, despite a universal walk-out by all 57 Communist Party members. Referendums...

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said Friday that he will restore Pakistan's constitution , ensure the supremacy of the country's parliament, and preserve judicial independence . Speaking at a news conference commemorating the death of...