European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso suggested Monday that the EU temporarily halt membership enlargement after Bulgaria and Romania join while the EU works to resolve institutional and constitutional problems. Though...
A spokesman for Thailand's new military leadership which seized power in a bloodless coup last week has said that the new government wants to bring deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to justice and could seek...
Afghanistan women's rights advocate and director of the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs in Kandahar Safia Hana Jan was killed by armed gunmen in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Monday. Local officials launched an immediate...
New York US District Judge Jack Weinstein Monday certified a class action lawsuit for "light" cigarette smokers against tobacco companies accused of leading smokers to believe that light cigarettes are healthier than regular cigarettes. The...
China's ruling Communist Party announced the firing of a top party leader on Monday for his involvement in a pension plan scandal . Shanghai Municipal Committee secretary Chen Liangyu has been under investigation since June...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Monday began the trial of a former deputy state prosecutor who later worked as an ICTR investigator under an alias by formally charging him with four counts ...
Saddam Hussein was thrown out of court again Monday for failing to observe courtroom discipline in his genocide trial , his second ejection in as many sessions. The ousted Iraqi president was represented by eight court-appointed lawyers...
Lawyers for a former associate of former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma Monday began their appeal of a corruption conviction against businessman Schabir Shaik that could help to clear Zuma's name and help to...
Jordan's appointed Senate, the upper house of the National Assembly , amended a bill regulating mosques Sunday so as to require preachers to obtain written government permission before being allowed to lead services or teach the Quran. Unauthorized...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) told CNN's Late Edition program Sunday that he believes the habeas corpus provision of the latest draft of the military commissions bill [JURIST news...