The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a per curiam opinion on Thursday overturning a district court order to stay the execution of Florida death row inmate Mark Dean Schwab . The...
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Polish prosecutors have charged six Polish soldiers with murder and violations of the Geneva Conventions in connection with an August 16 incident in Afghanistan in which the soldiers allegedly fired into a crowd of civilians who posed...
A delegation of lawyers from the Iraqi bar association Wednesday hand-delivered a four-page letter to several US lawmakers that criticizes the US government for not devoting adequate financial resources to ensure the rule of law in Iraq, according to...
A US military spokesperson on Wednesday acknowledged that a 238-page operating manual for the US facility at Guantanamo Bay was leaked on the Internet, but said the document is out-of-date and does not reflect current procedures....
Pakistani prosecutors on Thursday charged four activists with treason, the first such charges brought under the declaration of emergency rule implemented by President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday. The four activists, who are in detention following...
US military forces in Iraq released 500 detainees at a joint ceremony with the Iraqi government on Thursday at Camp Victory outside Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki , speaking to the newly released detainees on Thursday,...
Serb nationalist leader and war crimes defendant Vojislav Seselj used his opening statement at his trial Thursday to call the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) "illegal and illegitimate," and accused...
Bangladesh police on Wednesday arrested an associate of former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on suspicion of instigating street demonstrations in violation of the ban on assembly, one of the freedoms restricted in January when the military...
Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti filed suit in state court Wednesday against the state's six largest insurance companies, including Allstate and State Farm, alleging the companies conspired to fix payouts for damages related to Hurricane Katrina...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has signed a bill into law that amends the Zimbabwean Constitution to essentially allow Mugabe to pick his successor. A government publication indicated that the bill came into effect on Tuesday....
