Taiwan's High Court on Thursday rejected the appeal of former president Chen Shui-bian protesting the court's previous decision to detain him while he awaits trial on corruption charges ....

US Marine Sgt. Jermaine Nelson pleaded not guilty Monday in a military court at Camp Pendleton to charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty in connection with...

A group of 112 former presidents and prime ministers signed a letter sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urging him to pay a visit to Myanmar [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...

Russia's Federation Council , the upper house of parliament, voted 144-1 on Wednesday to approve amendments to the Russian Constitution that would extend presidential terms from four to six years and terms...

The Czech Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously that the European Union (EU) reform pact formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon is consistent with the Czech Constitution . Members of the...

Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has been ordered to stand trial for "complicity in slanderous denunciation" in connection with the a long-running political scandal know as the Clearstream Affair [BBC...

A panel of UN experts on Wednesday urged authorities in Myanmar to retry political and religious prisoners. The group, including Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) needs more vocal support from its member countries in a memorandum sent to member governments in advance of...

The German ambassador to Rwanda was given 24 hours on Tuesday to leave the country in response to Sunday's arrest of a Rwandan presidential aide in Germany in connection with the 1994 assassination of then-president Juvenal Habyarima...

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday proposed constitutional amendments extending the presidential term from four to six years, and the term of members of the State Duma from four to five...