The Russian Federation Council on Wednesday voted to ratify the New START treaty , an agreement between Russia and the US intended to reduce nuclear arms in both countries. The upper...
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French authorities on Tuesday transferred Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) leader Callixte Mbarushimana to The Hague where he will stand trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) ...
US President Barack Obama announced Monday that he will nominate veteran Supreme Court lawyer and former clerk for Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Donald Verrilli for the position of solicitor general . Verrilli, who...
A judge for the Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday ordered suspected Bosnian war criminal Aleksander Cvetkovic held in jail while the Israeli government attempts to extradite him to Bosnia to stand trial for crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Bosnian...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that the US government does not have to release non-redacted transcripts relating to the interrogation of certain "high...
The Rwanda National Police Force issued an international arrest warrant Monday for four former Rwandan government officials now living in the US and South Africa. The four include former army chief of staff General Faustin...
Prosecutor for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare filed a sealed indictment with the tribunal's pretrial judge Monday charging an unknown number of people for their roles in the...
The US Supreme Court voted Tuesday to stay the execution of convicted murderer Cleve Foster until it decides whether to grant his petition for certiorari. Foster,...
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed emergency legislation Tuesday making it a crime to picket or protest a funeral. The move comes after Reverend Fred Phelps's Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may find material...
A judge for the 331st Criminal District Court of Texas sentenced former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) to three years in prison and ten years of probation Monday following DeLay's November conviction...
