Alleged al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi, accused of involvement in the bombings of US embassies in Africa, died in a US hospital Friday. Al Libi was captured by US military special forces in Libya in...

The UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) on Friday reported that casualty figures for the country have reached their highest point over the past five years. The UN mission reported that last year's totals included...

Palestinian government officials on Friday presented documents for accession to 16 international conventions and treaties to the UN. The documents include an adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday expressed "principled condemnation" of an attempted coup in Gambia earlier this week, urging respect for the rule of law. On Tuesday morning gunfire erupted near the presidential...

The High Court of Kenya on Friday suspended eight sections of the controversial new anti-terrorism law until a legal challenge by the opposition is heard by the court. The Security Laws (Amendment) Act of 2014 [text,...

Israel's Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by eight human rights groups and four Israeli families against a policy of demolishing terrorists' homes . The four families' homes in east Jerusalem all have impending demolition...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday signed the Rome Statute to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) at a meeting in Ramallah. The Rome Statute is the founding treaty of the ICC. It...

Egypt's Court of Cassation on Thursday, ordered a retrial for three Al Jazeera journalists jailed for falsifying news reports and associating with the Muslim Brotherhood . The three journalists are Peter Greste, Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and...

India's President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee approved the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Bill on Wednesday to modify the judicial selection process in the nation's supreme courts and 24 high courts. The bill replaces [Times of...

Palestinian leaders will meet on Wednesday to plan actions after the UN Security Council rejected a resolution on Tuesday to end Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories within three years. Palestinian officials said they could set...