A US military judge ruled Friday that Army sergeant Hasan Akbar is competent to stand trial for a grenade attack that killed two Army officers in Kuwait in 2003 . Sgt. Akbar faces multiple charges of premeditated murder...

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai Saturday rejected the official results of national parliamentary elections held Thursday. The official tally gave President Robert Mugabe's ruling party 74 seats, while Tsvangirai's party, the Movement for Democratic Change , is said...

Kyrgyzstan's deposed president Askar Akayev agreed Saturday to resign. Earlier in the day, the Kyrgyz Supreme Court had ruled that presidential elections would proceed on June 26 whether Akayev formally resigned or not. Under current law, a...

In an annual report to Congress Friday, the US Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs revealed that the government applied for and was granted a record number of special warrants in 2004. The report submitted...

The US Department of Justice claimed Friday in court papers that contractors for the former Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq can be sued for profiteering under the Federal False Claims Act . Lawyers for the...

US officials Friday went out of their way to explain why the United States Thursday evening did not veto a French-sponsored resolution referring war crimes in Sudan to the International Criminal Court in The...

A United Nations committee Friday adopted a draft of a new treaty to fight nuclear terrorism after years of negotiations. The draft defines acts of nuclear terrorism and strengthens the framework to combat it. The text now...

As anticipated , former US National Security Advisor Sandy Berger pleaded guilty Friday to illegally taking and destroying classified documents from the National Archives . The former Clinton Administration official acknowledged that he intentionally took and...

Former Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland arrived Friday at Loretto , a minimum-security federal prison in Pennsylvania, to begin his year-long sentence for corruption of office. Rowland was sentenced two weeks ago to...

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, the FBI has announced it has started an investigation into auto supplier, Delphi Corp. , over improper accounting at the firm. Delphi, which had launched an internal investigation into...