Hassan Moghaddas, an Iranian judge who tried a highly-publicized case involving dissident journalist Akbar Ganji , was killed in Tehran on Tuesday by a gunman on a motorcycle. Moghaddas was shot and killed in his car...

After at least 36 people were killed in riots Monday, violence continued in Khartoum, Sudan on Tuesday in response to the death of former rebel leader John Garang [Wikipedia profile, who helped broker a peace deal and...

The Philippines government on Tuesday denied a witness's accusation that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo bribed election officials and threatened a lawsuit. Arroyo says people are being paid to testify against her as part of impeachment proceedings [JURIST...

Leonard Clark, of the Arizona Army National Guard , has been demoted from Specialist to Private First Class and fined $1,640 for disclosing classified information on his Iraq weblog . Soldiers are allowed to maintain such sites...

Indonesia's Supreme Court has replaced two judges in the trial of Newmont Mining Corporation on charges that it polluted Buyat Bay, near its mine . The high court ruled that the two were not qualified to...

A Maryland employee of the National Institutes of Health has been charged under the Terrorism Prevention Act with spreading false information and making a hoax for threatening a tax assessment board with anthrax. Michelle Ledgister,...

US ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said Tuesday in Baghdad that protecting women's rights was "a fundamental requirement for Iraq's progress". Leaked drafts of the Iraqi constitution have reportedly contained provisions that would apply strict...

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of the US Department of Homeland Security has announced over 1,000 gang-related arrests so far this year, including 582 in just the past two weeks . DHS Secretary...

Kyrgyz prosecutor Nurlan Jeenaliyev said Monday that Kyrgyzstan will return 15 Uzbek refugees back to their home country over the objections of the UN and some rights groups. The announcement came after weeks of diplomacy about...

Ashjan Ahmad al-Bukhari, an Egyptian lawyer, has become the first woman to join Egypt's presidential race, which for the first time will allow multiple candidates this year. However, doubts remain about the validity of her candidacy, since...