The US Army announced late Friday that it has charged Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan, former head of interrogation operations at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison , with seven violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice , including disobeying a superior commissioned officer, dereliction of duty, failure to obey a regulation, false swearing, cruelty and [...]

President Bush Friday called on Sudan to resolve the conflict in its troubled Darfur region , asking the country's government to act in “full compliance with the international desire for there to be peace.” The President’s remarks came just ahead of a meeting with activists lobbying on behalf of victims in Darfur, as well as [...]

The Miami federal judge presiding over the trial of terror suspect Jose Padilla on Friday rejected prosecutors' attempts to require Padilla’s defense attorneys to sign a "memorandum of understanding" regarding the security of secret evidence the prosecution intends to use in its case. The memorandum, promulgated by the US Justice Department, would have required all [...]

The US Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General reported Friday that the FBI did not use the threat of terrorism investigations to intimidate political protesters at the 2004 Democratic and Republican national conventions in Boston and New York, but rather followed up on credible threats of violence, investigating 17 threats, determining that six of [...]

South Korean prosecutors in Seoul arrested Hyundai Motors Group CEO Chung Mong-koo Friday on charges of embezzlement, misappropriation and bribery. Prosecution spokesman Kang Chan-woo made the arrest announcement shortly after Seoul District Court Judge Lee Jong-seok issued an arrest warrant. Authorities were concerned because of the “heavy” nature of the allegations and the fear that [...]

The constitutional reform process in Bosnia and Herzegovina appears in disarray after the lower house of the Bosnian parliament voted earlier this week to reject a set of proposals backed by the US and the European Union and initially agreed to by Bosnia's eight political parties that would have seen certain governmental functions shift from [...]

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday urged Libyan authorities to release five Bulgarian nurses who are accused of infecting over 400 patients, primarily children, with the HIV virus. The medics have been imprisoned since 1999 and are awaiting the start of their second trial, scheduled to begin in May . The five Bulgarians, [...]

The Administrative Court of Thailand on Friday called off by-elections scheduled for this weekend because there is a possibility that the results of the April 2 general election will be determined to be illegitimate. Earlier this week, Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej urged the country's Supreme Court to take an active role in resolving the country's [...]

Alabama Governor Bob Riley has signed the Rosa Parks Act , legislation that authorizes pardons for Rosa Parks , the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists convicted of violating Jim Crow laws in the state. Those seeking a pardon, or family members of those deceased, will have to apply for [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has expressed concern at the human rights situation in Ethiopia after making a brief first-hand assessment in a visit earlier this week and holding talks with government and civil society representatives on how to address human rights challenges in the country. Arbour said prison conditions for detainees [...]