Getty Museum Director Dr. Michael Brand and the Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities Francesco Rutelli Wednesday announced an agreement to return 40 allegedly looted Italian artifacts [press release; list of objects,...

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty Wednesday indicated that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation of Dr. Mohammad Haneef was "far from complete," adding that the AFP may still submit a new brief of...

Lawyers representing Jose Padilla indicated Tuesday that they are not expecting to present a defense case, telling presiding US District Judge Marcia Cooke that the defense will not call any witnesses. Jurors have been...

Two federal district judges separately rejected a bid by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to appeal rulings ordering the federal supervision of California's overcrowded prison system Tuesday, ruling that while California may appeal...

Nine defendants, including three former Vietnamese government officials, accused of involvement in organized gambling and bribery went on trial Wednesday before the Hanoi People's Court. Bui Tien Dung, a former project management head in the Ministry of Transportation [official...

A Saudi Arabian court dismissed charges against three members of the country's religious police force and a police officer implicated in the death of detainee Ahmed al-Bulaiwi, a relative of the deceased said Tuesday. The religious police, also known...

EU Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini is moving forward with plans to create a single European Union prosecutor and strengthen the the EU's prosecutorial body Eurojust , according to an interview with EUobserver...

Amnesty International Tuesday urged the Mexican government to initiate a probe into alleged abuses by government authorities during the 2006 uprising in the Mexican state of Oaxaca , saying that "ensuring that impunity...

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said publicly Tuesday that he has accepted the judgment of the judiciary to reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry , adding that the "four pillars" of democratic society consisting of...

An Egyptian court rejected a petition from jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour for early release on medical grounds Tuesday, saying that evidence submitted by Nour failed to prove that his medical condition was life...