A former Enron broadband executive was found guilty Wednesday on one count of falsifying records and conspiracy and three counts of wire fraud, and another was acquitted on the same five charges, one year after their...

A leader of the Islamic Action Front , the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Wednesday criticized Jordan's draft anti-terrorism legislation as an oppressive, US-influenced bid to stifle Jordan's government reform movement...

A group of survivors of the September 2004 Beslan school siege in the Russia's North Ossetia republic announced Wednesday that they will appeal the guilty verdict against Nurpashi Kulayev , the sole...

US President George W. Bush on Wednesday publicly expressed concern about the alleged killings of 24 Iraqi civilians by US Marines in the city of Haditha in November 2005, declaring that any soldiers found guilty would be...

A Spanish judge asked the Spanish Constitutional Court on Wednesday to reopen an investigation into corruption charges against former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stemming from Berlusconi's holdings in Spanish television channel Telecinco...

The judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) held a plenary session Tuesday to consider revisions to the Tribunal's Rules of Procedure and Evidence in which they "discussed methods to better organise...

The parliament of Nepal has unanimously adopted a resolution that would guarantee citizenship papers to children in their mother's name only, even if the father is away or divorced, and require more-proportionate representation of women in...

The Thailand Supreme Court on Wednesday stepped up its efforts to pressure Thailand's Election Commission (EC) to resign over failed parliamentary elections in April, which the Constitutional Court annulled in early May, by...

Montenegro's referendum commission Wednesday officially confirmed the results of the country's May 21 referendum on independence from Serbia , verifying that 55.5% of the population of Montenegro voting had voted in favor. Because voters...

The Law Commission , the independent legal reform body of the United Kingdom, has recommended creating limited legal rights for couples who live together but are unmarried, in a consultation paper released Wednesday titled...