A Finnish court on Friday convicted former Rwandan pastor Francois Bazaramba on charges relating to his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide , sentencing him to life in prison. Bazaramba had denied...

The Taiwan High Court on Friday reduced the life sentence of former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian to 20 years, finding that he had not embezzled as...

The US Senate on Thursday defeated a resolution aimed at limiting the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act . The...

Nations attending the final day of the Review Conference of the Rome Statute on Friday in Kampala, Uganda, have been unable to reach a consensus on the adoption of the crime of aggression by the International Criminal Court...

Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Thursday criticized the country's ban on several Google services, calling for officials to find a legal way to restore access. Gul, in messages posted to his...

US President Barack Obama on Thursday called for new oil pollution laws in the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill . Speaking at a meeting of congressional leaders from both...

New York City reached a settlement Thursday with the 10,000 rescue and cleanup workers who became sick or injured from responding to the 9/11 attacks . The agreement follows two failed settlement attempts between...

The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday upheld a defendant's right to a publication ban that applies to the evidence and information produced at a bail hearing. Canadian media organizations have claimed that the statutory...

Forty-three countries on Wednesday announced their support for a new set of guidelines to ensure a more diligent effort is made to return real property seized by the Nazis during the Holocaust to its...

A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the city could withhold documents related to the arrest of 1,800 protesters during the 2004 Republican National Convention. In...