European members of the Group of 20 (G20) financial policy body said Sunday that tighter regulation of the financial industry and liberal trade policies are necessary to help the global economy recover from its recent downturn....
Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Friday staged another hunger strike to protest corruption charges he faces, a Taiwanese official at the detention center where Chen is being held said Sunday. Chen was indicted...
Egypt on Sunday called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to delay issuing an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for a least a year, in order to allow peace talks...
US Army Sgt. Michael Leahy Jr. was convicted Friday on charges stemming from the 2007 deaths of four Iraqi detainees, and was given a life sentence at a court-martial at a US military base...
The Iraqi government has reopened the prison formerly called Abu Ghraib , promising to operate the prison by international standards and allow inspections by humanitarian groups. In a tour for members of the media Saturday,...
The trial of former Suriname dictator Desi Bouterse resumed Friday with testimony by a former prison warden that he brought a leader of a 1982 military coup to an army barracks for execution. The testimony...
A report prepared for the Pentagon by US Navy Admiral Patrick Walsh has concluded that the Guantanamo Bay detention center meets the requirements of the Geneva Conventions , according to Friday statements from...
A three judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday unanimously upheld a US District Court ruling that a California law banning...
A judge for the Khamovnichesky District Court in Moscow on Thursday ordered former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky to be transferred to the Russian capital to face new charges including embezzlement and...
A US Army Special Forces soldier facing court-martial proceedings over the killing of an Afghan civilian in March 2008 has admitted to killing the man but argued during opening statements Thursday that the act was committed...