US Marine Capt. Randy Stone did not commit a criminal dereliction of duty in his failure to investigate the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians at Haditha , Col. John Ewers said during testimony at Stone's...
Lawyers for suspended Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said Tuesday that Monday's killing of Pakistani Supreme Court deputy registrar Syed Hamad Raza at his home in Islamabad was "targeted" and that Raza had...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales submitted the Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2007 to Congress on Monday, legislation meant to strengthen current copyright laws and provide harsher penalties for counterfeiters. The new measure would...
Elections held in the Philippines to elect members of the Philippines Senate and House of Representatives proceeded Monday despite reports of violence and allegations of fraud. Government authorities attributed the death of 116 people, including 11...
The Colombian high court ordered the arrest of five congressmen Monday for alleged ties to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) and authorities have listed an additional 15 current and former congress members and businesspersons as...
US President George W. Bush issued an executive order Monday requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US departments of Agriculture, Energy, and Transportation cooperate to begin the regulation of vehicle emissions by the...
US Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty announced Monday that he will resign from his post as second-in-line at the Department of Justice (DOJ) as early as the end of the summer, or when a successor...
The transitional government of Somalia has agreed to cooperate with a UN probe into alleged human rights violations that occurred during recent fighting in the country's capital, according to UN emergency relief co-ordinator John Holmes [UN...
The Ukrainian Constitutional Court announced Monday that it will consider whether a second decree by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to dissolve parliament and hold early June elections was constitutional. The court is already...
US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff met with the European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee Monday in his latest bid to convince the EU to allow the transfer of...