Saddam Hussein returned to court Wednesday and questioned the chief judge presiding over his genocide trial as to why he has not been allowed to speak and defend himself during prior court sessions, saying...
The Iraqi National Assembly Wednesday approved a measure that outlines how federalism could be implemented to divide Iraq into separate regions. The law is backed by Shiite majority leaders, but opposed by Sunnis...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Wednesday denied a request by the Croatian government to intervene as amicus curiae in the trial of six former political and military Bosnian...
The Law Lords , the judicial panel of the UK House of Lords that is Britain's highest court, ruled Wednesday that media in Britain should not be subject to libel charges if they publish allegations against public...
Thai Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas said Wednesday that Thailand will remain under martial law for at least a month as a safeguard against political turmoil, while Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, who led the Sept. 19 bloodless coup , defended...
A South Carolina Senate committee is contemplating state immigration reform laws that would regulate the hiring practices of businesses who contract with the state, state Sen. Jim Ritchie said Tuesday. The committee...
The US House Ethics Committee will hold hearings Thursday on the Mark Foley scandal . Former Foley chief of staff Kirk Fordham is set to testify about when he notified the staff of US House...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a $10,000 fine levied by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) against a US man who willfully violated the 1990-2003 international...
A new child labor law , which criminalizes the hiring of children under the age of 14 as house servants or restaurant workers , took effect in India on Tuesday. Offending employers...
Nigerian Vice-President Atiku Abubakar was charged Tuesday with more than a dozen counts of corruption. The charges filed before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, a special corruption court that has the power to strip elected...