The family of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic will file a claim in the Belgrade District Court seeking to have the former military leader declared officially dead, according to Serbian...
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Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a Pakistani cleric accused by India of plotting the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks cannot be jailed due to lack of evidence. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is...
A criminal court in Thailand issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on charges of terrorism. Thaksin is accused of involvement in the the recent political violence...
The Netherlands District Court of Rotterdam on Tuesday commenced the first European trial of Somali pirates under charges of "sea robbery" for hijacking a cargo ship registered in...
Several international human rights and jurist organizations on Monday petitioned the UN to support Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon in his inquiry into human rights violations during the Spanish Civil War ...
A Kenyan constitutional court ruled Monday that inclusion of Islamic "Kadhi" courts in the nation's current constitution is illegal and discriminatory. The Kadhi court system, which elevates Islam over the country's other religions,...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. that fee claimants filing lawsuits under the Employee Retirement Income Security...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in five cases. In Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America , the court granted a limited petition to decide whether...
The FBI on Monday released preliminary annual crime statistics for 2009, which indicated a drop in violent crime for the third year in a row. The FBI's Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report disclosed that violent crime...
A spokesperson for the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti announced Saturday that the mission has launched an investigation into the shootings of dozens of prisoners in a jail riot following the January 12 earthquake ...
