Disagreements and rivalries between the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have hampered terror investigations, according to a report released Monday by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) . The report, compiled by the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security , found that the agencies have not [...]

Former Taiwanese opposition party leader Ma Ying-jeou was acquitted of corruption and accounting fraud charges by the Taipei District Court Tuesday. The court ruled that there was no evidence that Ma had misappropriated a special discretionary expense fund for his personal use during his term as the mayor of Taipei . Prosecutors alleged that Ma [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is working to complete new guidelines limiting how federal courts can review state-issued death sentences, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. The guidelines will implement a provision included in the 2006 renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act , which gives the US attorney general the authority to review whether [...]

The United States has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish a "dispute settlement panel" in its case against China for alleged lax enforcement of copyright and trademark violations , the Office of the US Trade Representative announced Monday. The request came after the US and China failed to resolve their differences through bilateral [...]

Thai Supreme Court Judge Tonglor Choam-ngam issued arrest warrants Tuesday for former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife Pojamarn, saying that the court had reason to believe that couple are "evading prosecution" by remaining in exile. Thaksin and Pojamarn are accused of abuse of power for personal gain , conflict of interest violations, [...]

JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that the execution of "Chemical Ali" for the Anfal genocide against the Iraqi Kurds should be postponed so that his role in subsequent cases exploring other atrocities can be fully explored… Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known in the West as "Chemical Ali", was [...]

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton on Monday ordered five reporters to testify about government sources who provided them information about former US Army germ-warfare researcher Dr. Seteven J. Hatfill , who was identified as a "person of interest" in the investigations of the 2001 anthrax attacks . Walton rejected arguments from the reporters that [...]

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove announced Monday that he will resign his position effective at the end of August . Rove said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he first indicated last year that he planned to depart from the administration and that he plans to write a book [...]

Tens of thousands of people marched in Thailand Monday in support of an upcoming general referendum on whether to approve the interim government's proposed draft constitution . The march, organized by interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont , is an effort to promote popular support for the draft proposal before the August 19 referendum. Surayud, who [...]

Jurors in the terror trial of Jose Padilla and co-defendants Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi heard closing arguments Monday from federal prosecutors and defense lawyers. Federal prosecutors urged the jury to convict the three on charges of conspiracy to murder US nationals, conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, and providing material support [...]