An Indonesian court Tuesday sentenced a man to a four year jail term for his role in the 2004 Jakarta suicide car bombing outside the Australian embassy. Agus Ahmad is the second man convicted by...

The UN Security Council Tuesday unanimously adopted a resoluton to closely scrutinize and keep track of all countries and rebel organizations that abuse children in any way or recruit children as soldiers . Resolution 1612...

After another four explosions in the UK Thursday , the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in Britain immediately expressed the need for new and broader powers to deal with terrorism , such as the...

An official for the UN Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo accused neighboring Uganda on Thursday of harboring Congolese guerrilla fighters and violating a UN Security Council resolution . Uganda denied allegations that Congolese...

Iranian diplomats revealed plans on Thursday to file a lawsuit against anti-Syrian militia leader Samir Geagea for the kidnapping of four Iranian diplomats from Beirut who were subsequently delivered to Israel by the Christian Lebanese Forces...

Opposition lawmakers said Thursday that they have the support of over 50 Filipino lawmakers for the expected impeachment complaint against current President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo . The impeachment complaint, which is likely to be formally filed...

Three UK soldiers will be brought to trial charged with war crimes against Iraqi detainees, the Attorney General for England and Wales, Lord Goldsmith, announced Tuesday on behalf of the British Army Prosecuting Authority. Seven other British soldiers face...

Interior ministers from Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Jordan joined Tuesday in calling for a swift start to the trial of Saddam Hussein after the Iraqi Special Tribunal [official website, JURIST news...

A lawyer for a US citizen held as an enemy combatant argued Tuesday in front of a US appeals court that his client should not be held without charges. Jose Padilla , a Muslim convert,...

A lawsuit was filed Tuesday against US chemical company DuPont by two law firms in Florida representing 14 people who say that the company did not sufficiently warn the public about the health hazards associated with its...