The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted five Blackwater USA guards involved in the September 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians , according to reports. The Associated Press reported that...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved rule amendments Wednesday that provide greater oversight and regulation of credit rating agencies. The rule amendments, which were passed to strengthen the Credit Rating Agency Reform...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday temporarily postponed proceedings against former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba because another member...
The parliament of Burundi voted Saturday in favor of laws abolishing the death penalty and criminalizing homosexuality in the country. The elimination of the death penalty in Burundi was...
The German government announced Friday that it has ended its investigation into the practices of the Church of Scientology . The German Interior Ministry began a probe into Scientology in 2007, calling it an...
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Wednesday upheld a grant of summary judgment for the plaintiff by the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island in an...
Amnesty International (AI) called Tuesday for an international investigation into the deaths of civilians during the August 2008 conflict between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia . A new...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Tuesday upheld a New Hampshire law that prohibits the gathering of data from prescription drug records to target pharmaceutical sales to...
Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis on Tuesday called on officials to end discrimination against Europe's Roma minority . Davis' comments came in response to a Monday confrontation ...
The Iraqi cabinet voted Sunday in an emergency session to approve a final draft of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the US and Iraq. The SOFA, which determines the relationship between Iraqi, American and Multi-National...