The UK government announced Friday that it will propose new laws to combat fraudulent postal voting, a problem that arose in the recent national election when fraudulently-requested postal ballots prevented some voters from voting in person and...

A leading Pakistan daily reported Friday that 40 detainees released from US detention at Guantanamo Bay have been held without charges at Rawalpindi's Adiala prison for the past eight months. Pakistani law currently allows the detention of "Indian agents"...

As anticipated , Russian prosecutors Friday announced plans to bring new charges of money laundering against Mikhail Khodorkovsky , former CEO of second-largest Russian oil firm Yukos , and his business partner Platon Lebedev. Khodorkovsky is...

At least 12 people were killed Friday when thousands of people took to the streets of the eastern Uzebekistan city of Andijan to protest the highly publicized and controversial trial for extremism of 23 Muslim businessmen. Over 2,000 government...

Recently-demoted {JURIST report] Abu Ghraib commander Colonel Janis Karpinski , formerly a reserve Brigadier General, says that she is being discriminated against and that evidence exists that top ranking officials should be held responsible for the Abu Ghraib...

Recent UN Security Council resolutions setting up sanctions against Sudan and referring criminal actions in Darfur to the International Criminal Court have led to protests and heightened tensions in Darfur, according to UN Assistant Secretary-General...

Mexico has announced plans to oppose recent measures under the Real ID Act signed into law Wednesday as part of an appropriations package making it harder for immigrants to get state IDs and drivers...

The Arizona State Legislature voted Thursday to approve a new bill tightening immigration laws in the state for the thousands of illegal immigrants who enter the state from Mexico annually. The bill restricts benefits...

A subcommittee of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce has released new documents that could implicate French and Russian officials in the scandal involving the UN Oil-for-Food program. The documents suggest...

Connecticut serial killer Michael Ross was executed by lethal injection early Friday morning in New England's first execution in 45 years, made possible after the state Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that he was competent to...