Washington, DC Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Attorney General Linda Singer announced Monday that the city will appeal a ruling invalidating the District of Columbia's handgun ban to the US Supreme Court. The city has...

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan Monday dismissed charges against 13 of 16 defendants in an ongoing criminal tax shelters case against former employees of the accounting firm KPMG , ruling that federal prosecutors violated...

Pakistani government lawyer Sharifuddin Pirzada informed the Supreme Court of Pakistan Monday that prosecutors are dismissing a single charge of judicial misconduct against suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry . Pirzada said that...

A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Monday confirmed the impending Israeli release of 250 Palestinian prisoners belonging to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Movement and other minor factions. The release, approved by the...

An Ethiopian court sentenced 35 opposition members to life in prison Monday for their roles in mass anti-government demonstrations . The opposition members, five of whom were sentenced in absentia were convicted last month of treason and inciting...

Six opposition members and former constitutional delegates have criticized the efforts of the military government of Myanmar to reconvene negotiations on a new constitution . The six accused the military junta Sunday of handpicking most of the...

Antun Gudelj, a Croatian man convicted in 1994 of murdering three police officials who were trying to negotiate with Serb rebels opposed to Croatian independence in 1991, was extradited from Australia to Croatia on Sunday. Gudelj, who maintains he...

The US Defense Department announced Monday that 16 detainees have been transferred to Saudi Arabia from Guantanamo Bay Monday, bringing the total of repatriated Saudi detainees up to 77. The 16 will remain in...

A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $3.2 billion settlement agreement between Tyco International , Tyco's former auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers , and investors who were harmed by fraudulent accounting practices orchestrated...

Bangladeshi authorities arrested former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed following a raid on her home Monday, accusing Hasina of extorting approximately $1.16 million from two businessmen. Hasina is also accused of involvement in the political assassination [JURIST...