Disgraced Democratic Party fundraiser Norman Hsu was indicted Tuesday on 15 additional counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, and violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) in connection with a massive alleged...

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda Wednesday apologized to the thousands of Japanese women and children abandoned during Japan's retreat from China at the close of World War II, marking the first time...

Investigators in Chad Tuesday completed a criminal probe into French charity Zoe's Ark for its involvement in an October attempt to airlift 103 alleged Darfur orphans from Chad to Europe,...

The Pakistan Law and Justice Ministry Tuesday announced the formal forced retirement from the Pakistan Supreme Court and other high courts of 37 judges, including ousted Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry , who was replaced immediately after...

The Iraqi legislature's failure to pass an oil law , rather than the security situation in the country, is preventing international oil corporations from investing in Iraq, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt said Tuesday....

A Guantanamo Bay detainee survived a self-inflicted injury last month when he cut open his throat using a sharpened fingernail during his daily shower, Navy Cmdr. Andrew Haynes said Tuesday. The detainee received stitches after losing...

Pakistani election officials ruled Monday that former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif cannot not run as a candidate in January parliamentary elections because of a 2000 criminal conviction. A rival candidate had challenged Sharif's nomination based on...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in three cases , including Philippines v. Pimental (06-1204) , in which the Supreme Court will consider whether the government of the...

The last two witnesses for the prosecution in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia case against former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and two other members of the Kosovo Liberation Army [FAS...

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Tuesday upheld a district court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by illegal immigrant detainees over their transfer from Massachusetts to Texas holding centers...