Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky has been charged with criminal conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination as part of an ongoing investigation into the governor's hiring practices . In a press release responding to the indictment from Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo , the governor's office called the probe "a politically motivated, media-driven investigation" [...]

Faced with chronic security problems along the US border with Mexico, the Pentagon is exploring options in which the military can be utilized to alleviate some of the burden on US border patrol agents who are stretched too thin. Giving the military greater authority to intervene in border control could, however, run up against the [...]

Leading Friday's international brief, five individuals who served as the political cabinet for King Gyanendra after he dissolved the lawfully elected government in February 2005 have been arrested on charges of "making statements aimed at disturbing the public peace." The five former ministers were all arrested at their homes by police officials following the procurement [...]

Protests continue in Egypt over two judges facing disciplinary hearings at Egypt's highest court for their criticism of parliamentary elections last year, which they and eight other judges claimed were marred by fraud. Judges Hisham el-Bastiwisy and Mahmoud Mekki, members of the Judge's Club – a group pushing for greater judicial independence, did not attend [...]

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) officials said on Friday that the US has once again refused to grant the watchdog access to terror detainees held in covert prisons following discussions between ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger and top White House officials in Washington and Kellenberger on Friday deplored the lack of progress on the [...]

Zacarias Moussaoui , the convicted Sept. 11 conspirator, was spared the death penalty by a single member of the jury who remained anonymous throughout the deliberations, according to an article in Friday's Washington Post. The inside information was provided by the jury foreman, a Virginia math teacher speaking on condition of anonymity, who revealed that [...]

Bancoult, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs EWHC 1038, UK High Court of Justice, Divisional Court, May 11, 2006 . Read the full text of the decision. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

S & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWHC 1111 (Admin), UK High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court, Mr. Justice Sullivan, May 10, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

UN Human Rights Commissioner Louise Arbour on Thursday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) act more aggressively in prosecuting those suspected of war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region shortly after her return from a visit there. Although the UN Security Council has granted the ICC the authority to prosecute suspected war crimes in Darfur [...]

Pope Benedict on Thursday explicitly condemned same-sex marriage or any legal recognition of same-sex couples as Italy's new center-left government prepared to take office as early as next Wednesday. His statement echoed a speech he gave last year in which he described such departures from traditional families as "anarchical freedom." The Pope's statements drew immediate [...]