Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu Sunday despite a Saturday-imposed curfew and threats from the government to shoot violators on sight. Scuffles with police, one death, and numerous injuries were...

King Gyanendra of Nepal announced a strict all-day curfew Saturday that forced pro-democracy leaders to postpone a large rally organized by the country's seven main political parties. He ordered violators to be...

President Bush indicated in his weekly radio address Saturday that he would not support any immigration reform that would grant amnesty to illegal immigrants. Although he continued to call for a temporary guest worker...

A US military lawyer acting as defense counsel for a Yemeni prisoner on trial for terrorism-related offenses before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay on Friday challenged a US Department of...

UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Juan Mendez said Friday that the international community remains reluctant to contribute the funds and military personnel necessary to stop genocide worldwide, as he spoke at a press conference...

Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed , alleged to have masterminded the 2004 Madrid train bombings , claimed Friday in papers filed with the Italian court hearing his criminal case that he had been mistreated by Spanish and...

The Santiago Court of Appeals Friday dismissed two charges against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet of forging Chilean Defense Ministry documents and failing to declare...

US Chamber of Commerce v. SEC, United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, April 7, 2006 [rejecting for inadequate public comment opportunity US SEC corporate governance regulations requiring mutual fund companies to appoint independent chairpersons and compose at...

Vacating a lesser sentence, the Quebec Court of Appeal has imposed an 18-month prison term on Canadian advertising executive Paul Coffin, who last May pleaded guilty to 15 counts of fraud in the federal sponsorship...

The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday found Nedjo Samardzic guilty of committing crimes against humanity and escaping from prison during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and sentenced him...