Libya's Supreme Court Sunday disposed of the death-by-firing-squad sentences given to five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor jailed since 1999 and convicted of infecting more than 400 children with the HIV virus . The case was sent...

Iraqi National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie has said that he wants to see the re-arrest of Saddam Hussein's former top weapons aides after the US military confirmed the release from custody of 14 more high-ranking...

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said Saturday that members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee intend to expand their probe into warrantless wiretaps within the US after the weekend disclosure that the National Security Agency [official...

China announced Saturday on the last working day that prosecutors were able to bring the case that it is putting journalist Zhao Yan on trial for stealing state secrets and fraud within the next...

Canadian-born media tycoon Conrad Black , former chairman of publishing giant Hollinger International, pleaded not guilty in Chicago Friday to an additional four felony counts that include racketeering and obstruction of justice. Black,...

The trial of Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk for slander against the state was adjourned Friday until February 7, 2006 to give Turkey's Justice Ministry time to decide if the case is in line with judicial procedures after...

Austria Thursday mailed notifications to the first survivors of the Holocaust eligible for payments in its 2001 General Settlement Fund which compensates victims robbed of businesses, property, bank accounts and insurance policies under the...

A 2002 Presidential order issued in the aftermath of 9/11 authorized the US National Security Agency (NSA) to secretly monitor the international telephone calls and international e-mail messages of possibly thousands of US residents without warrants over...

The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a $10.1 billion judgment against Philip Morris USA in a case where the tobacco company had been found liable for defrauding customers into believing that light...

The US House of Representatives late Wednesday voted 308-122 in support of the so-called McCain Amendment , designed to prohibit the cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of detainees in US custody. The non-binding vote instructs negotiators working to...