Rasema Handanovic, a woman accused of killing Bosnian Croat civilians during the 1992-1995 Bosnian Civil War , pleaded guilty Friday before the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina . This makes her the first woman ...
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South African President Jacob Zuma announced Saturday that he will be issuing pardons , known as "special remissions," to 35,000 offenders in order to ease prison overcrowding. The remissions were issued in honor of Freedom Day commemorating...
A judge for the Kyivsky District Court of Kharkiv ruled Saturday that a tax evasion hearing for former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko will be postponed until May 21, due to health concerns. Tymoshenko's...
Somali national Mohommad Saaili Shibin was convicted in a US court on Friday of piracy for his role in the hijacking of a German merchant vessel and a US yacht in 2010 and 2011. Shibin, who...
Blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng fled the guarded home where he was being kept under house arrest to the protection of US officials last week, reports said Friday. While the US embassy has not confirmed...
A judge for the the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Thursday blocked an executive order that mandates Florida state government agencies provide pre-employment drug screening for all prospective employees and provide for...
Rwanda's Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by opposition leader Bernard Ntaganda, who was charged under the country's anti-genocide ideology laws. Ntaganda, a former leader of the country's PS-Imberakuri party, was arrested in July...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday denied a request to release photos of Osama Bin Laden taken shortly after his death last year. Nonprofit...
The US House of Representatives voted 248-168 Thursday to approve a controversial cybersecurity bill that would allow private companies and the federal government to exchange private security information, despite the threat of a presidential veto....
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed concern on Friday about threats to rule of law in Papua New Guinea. Since August 2011 there has been a battle for leadership and the legitimacy...
