US lawmakers apologized Thursday to Maher Arar , a Canadian engineer who was detained in the US in 2002 after flying to New York from Tunisia on his way home to Ottawa after a holiday and...
US Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey refused on the second day of his confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday to say whether he considers "waterboarding" — a technique that...
An employment non-discrimination bill protecting gays, lesbians, and bisexuals but not transgendered individuals has been sent to the full US House of Representatives for consideration after being approved by the House Education and Labor Committee Thursday. The...
The US Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday debated a draft bill that would grant immunity from prosecution to telecommunications companies that assisted in government eavesdropping between 2001 and 2007. The bill, which would amend the 1978...
Turkey will hold a constitutional reform referendum on Sunday as scheduled, the Turkish Supreme Electoral Council said Wednesday. The referendum addresses a package of proposed reforms which include reducing the maximum parliamentary from five years...
The military government of Myanmar Thursday said it will form a 54-member commission to draft a new national constitution as the next stage in its seven-step plan to move toward democratic rule. The...
Former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea on Thursday selected Dutch lawyer Michiel Pestman to serve as foreign counsel in his upcoming trial before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)...
Rwandan genocide suspect Dominique Ntawukuriryayo has been arrested in France, a UN spokesperson said Thursday. Ntawukuriryayo, a former public official, had been on the run from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) , where he...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan Wednesday dismissed concerns that President Pervez Musharraf would declare martial law if the court invalidates his disputed election victory, with the top presiding judge telling the court that...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) said Thursday that former Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) warlord Germain Katanga has been transferred to the court's detention center [PDF...