Lawyers for the east African state of Djibouti Monday asked the International Court of Justice to allow the country to take over a French murder probe into the death of French judge Bernard Borrel [advocacy website, in...
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The most popular independent television network in Pakistan, Geo-TV , resumed on-air broadcasting Monday after the government lifted a ban imposed during the declaration of emergency rule issued by President Pervez Musharraf in...
The Iraqi parliament gave first reading Monday to a draft bill forwarded by the Iraqi cabinet which could allow for the pardon and release of around 5,000 detainees currently held in Iraqi prisons....
The Malaysian lawyer whose 2001 video of a deal over a judicial appointment has sparked accusations and investigations into judicial corruption, claimed Monday he must have been intoxicated when he appeared to...
Human Rights Watch Sunday condemned the appointment of a suspected Janjaweed militia leader as an advisor to Sudan's Ministry of Federal Affairs and special advisor to President Omar El Bashir . Musa Hilal is...
A Turkish court has reordered telecom providers in the country to block access to popular video-sharing website YouTube . Reports surfacing in the Turkish media on Sunday suggest that the ban, originally reimposed Thursday, was a response to...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has approved changes to the country's restrictive Public Order and Security Act ahead of upcoming presidential elections, Zimbabwean state media reported Saturday. The law formerly prohibited public political gatherings without prior...
Pakistani police have arrested two suspects in connection with the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto , officials said on Saturday. Aitzaz Shah and Sher Zaman were detained in the town of Dera Ismail...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday cited executive privilege in denying congressional requests for certain documents relating to the agency's decision to deny California a waiver from new auto-emissions standards. The waiver would...
Canadian Foreign Minster Maxime Bernier said Saturday that the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade will remove the US from an internal document that lists countries that employ interrogation methods that amount to torture [JURIST...
