An Australian court on Thursday ordered that former Serb commander Dragan Vasiljkovic be surrendered to Croatian authorities, and if Vasiljkovic's appeal of the decision is unsuccessful, Australia will extradite him to Croatia as requested ...
A US bankruptcy judge on Wednesday ordered an independent audit of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego , which filed for Chapter 11 protection in light of some some 140 sexual abuse lawsuits...
Bangladesh authorities announced Wednesday that opposition leader and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been charged with four counts of murder arising from the deaths of four protesters during political turmoil in October....
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora Wednesday sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asking the UN to establish a tribunal to investigate the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri ....
A US military Special Operations Command company will be investigated by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) for using "excessive force" during a March 4 incident in Afghanistan, an anonymous...
Cuban President Fidel Castro issued a statement Tuesday condemning a US district court ruling freeing an anti-Castro militant on bail prior to his May 11 trial on charges that he lied in his attempt...
John M. "Mike" McConnell , who succeeded John Negroponte as US Director of National Intelligence in February, is reportedly circulating proposed amendments to the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to respond to FISA's perceived inflexibility and...
Six Egyptian human rights organizations issued a report Tuesday alleging that only five percent of Egyptian citizens participated in last month's constitutional referendum , far lower than the 27 percent voting rate announced by Egyptian Justice Minister Mamdouh...
The Florida Board of Executive Clemency on Thursday voted 3-1 to change the Rules of Executive Clemency so that non-violent felons will automatically have their civil rights restored upon release from prison, and released violent...
John M. "Mike" McConnell , who succeeded John Negroponte as US Director of National Intelligence in February, delivered a policy address to the 2007 Excellence in Government Conference Wednesday criticizing federal surveillance laws as outdated...