Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in a Monday interview with Egyptian television that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should wait for Darfur peace efforts to play out before proceeding with...

Malaysian High Court Justice Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad ordered the release of blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin on Friday, finding insufficient grounds for his arrest under the country's Internal Security Act (ISA) , which allows for...

The Dutch government on Tuesday announced that it has proposed legislation that would allow journalists to keep their sources secret from the government. The proposal comes two years after a Dutch...

Huang Songyou was removed from his position as vice president of China's Supreme People's Court Tuesday in a vote by Chinese legislators. No explanation was given for the action, but earlier...

Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei said Monday in his annual report to UN member states that he wants North Korea to return to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty [text, PDF; IAEA...

Outgoing UK Director of Public Prosecutions Ken Macdonald warned Monday against the expansion of government power in gathering intelligence and prosecuting suspected terrorists. In a speech delivered in London Macdonald speculated that present decisions about how...