French President Jacques Chirac on Monday said that he plans to officially end France's state of emergency on Wednesday. The status of heightened security and increased police powers, implemented in November...

Iran announced Monday, without further explanation, that it has ordered the closure a daily newspaper, Asia, and banned the publication of a forthcoming, bi-weekly women's periodical, Nour-e Banovan. The Culture Ministry said the Supervisory Board on the Press has...

The Syrian government announced Monday that it will put former Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam on trial for high treason and investigate his alleged acts of corruption in response to demands by Syrian parliament members ...

Bulgaria's Justice Minister Georgi Petkanov said Monday that the Libyan trial of five Bulgarian nurses, accused of intentionally infecting over 400 patients with HIV in an attempt to discover a cure for the virus, should be finished by June...

The Supreme Court of Oregon has ruled that juries may retroactively resentence as many as 300-400 criminal defendants based on aggravating circumstances, such as the use of a gun, breach of trust, or racial motivation. In three...

A spokesperson for the UN commission investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri announced Monday that the commission will request interrogations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister...

Five Muslim militants went on trial Monday in Indonesia for allegedly having protected members of terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah , the group responsible for several recent terrorist incidents, including the 2002 and October 1, 2005 Bali bombings and...

Ugandan opposition leader and presidential challenger Dr. Kizza Besigye , who has been imprisoned since November on charges of treason and rape was released on bail Monday by the Ugandan High Court. Uganda's military court, which...

In his New Year message , Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian promised Sunday to support a new Taiwanese constitution in his last two years of presidency. A new constitution would have to be approved by the legislature before...

2005 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, Chief Justice John Roberts, January 1, 2006. Read the full text of the report here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....