An estimated 6,000 protesters rallied on the island of Okinawa, Japan, Sunday calling for tighter controls on US military personnel in Japan in the aftermath of the alleged rape of a local 14-year-old girl by...

Malaysia will institute reforms to ensure an independent judiciary in an effort to restore trust in the nation's courts, newly appointed Malaysian Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim told the New Straits Times Sunday. Zaid said...

The Taiwanese Central Election Commission said Saturday that two national referendums on whether to proceed with a proposed bid for United Nations (UN) membership have failed. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ,...

Hundreds of Bangladesh veterans who took part in the 1971 War of Independence issued a call Friday for war crimes trials against those Bangladeshis who assisted Pakistani forces in the war. Veterans and commanders from the...

The Office of Serbia's War Crimes Prosecutor said Friday that it is investigating "informal statements" it has received from investigators at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) that dozens of imprisoned Serbs...

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Friday that he was willing to compromise with Congress on legislation amending the Foreign Intelligence Security Act but that the legislature would have to provide a "workable...

Ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has characterized Pakistan's February parliamentary elections which resulted in the victory of opposition parties now joined in a coalition government as a popular verdict in favor of the country's...

Victor Dimaio v. Democratic National Committee, Florida Democratic Party, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, March 21, 2008 ....

The National Assembly of Bulgaria Friday voted 195-15 to approve the new EU reform treaty , properly known as the Treaty of Lisbon . Ten members of the nationalist Ataka party [party...

A district court in the Netherlands agreed Friday to hear a lawsuit filed by the Dutch Islamic Federation seeking to ban the release of a film that criticizes the Quran. Dutch right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders ...