Serbia is not doing enough to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz said Thursday. Brammertz said he was especially concerned with Serbia's inability to find and capture...

At least 1200 people were executed worldwide in 2007, and 88 percent of those executions took place in five countries: China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the USA, according to a report released Tuesday by...

Three Indonesian Islamic militants sentenced to death for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings told the lead prosecutor in the case that they will not seek a presidential pardon after they exhaust the appeals process,...

A four-member Iraqi judiciary panel dismissed the last remaining charge against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein on Sunday and recommended the US release him from custody immediately. The US said this weekend that it...

Twenty-one families who said that they intended to sue the state of Virginia for negligence in connection with the April 16, 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech have agreed to a tentative settlement worth $11 million, lawyers...

Representatives from the 47 members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Thursday criticized the human rights record of the United Kingdom , including the government's treatment of terror suspects and prisoners, as...

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) may attempt to amend the country's constitution if necessary to block a legal challenge brought by Turkish prosecutors seeking to disband the party, Turkish Prime Minister...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued five former San Diego city officials in federal court Monday, alleging they committed securities fraud by failing to disclose funding shortfalls in the city's pension and health care plans to potential...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Monday reversed and vacated a jury award of $2.5 million in punitive damages awarded to a Mississippi couple who lost their home in Hurricane Katrina...

A court in the Philippines on Tuesday sentenced nine military officers to prison for their participation in a failed 2003 coup against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo . No shots were fired during the...