DRC colonel sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for mass rapes
A military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday found Lt Col Kibibi Mutware guilty of involvement in mass rapes that took place on New Year's Day and sentenced him...
The Frankfurt High Regional Court on Tuesday began the trial of a former Rwandan mayor on genocide charges relating to his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Onesphore Rwabukombe , a 54-year-old...
Germany prosecutors file war crimes charges against Rwandan genocide suspects
German prosecutors announced on Friday they are pursuing war crimes charges against two Rwandan men suspected of ordering the killing of Congolese citizens. The men, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) leader Ignace Murwanashyaka...
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a bill authorizing funds for a settlement with minority farmers over discrimination claims. The settlements include $3.4 billion to resolve claims that the Department of...
Nigeria filing bribery charges against Cheney in connection with Halliburton contract
Nigerian prosecutors announced Thursday that they are instituting bribery charges against former US vice president Dick Cheney in connection in with a contract that Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) [corporate...
The trial chamber of the Belgrade Higher Court's War Crimes Department convicted two men Monday whom prosecutors claim were involved in the deaths of about 700 Muslim civilians in 1992. The court sentenced former Zvormik mayor Branko Grujic [Bloomberg...
The US Senate unanimously approved a bill Friday banning animal cruelty or "crush" videos. The House of Representatives approved the same ban on Monday, and the provision is now being forward...
The US Senate on Friday authorized by voice vote settlements between the US government and minority farmers for alleged discrimination. The settlements include $3.4 billion to resolve claims that the Department of the Interior (DOI)...
Iraq president refuses to approve execution of ex-foreign minister
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said in an interview Wednesday that he will not sign the execution order for former foreign minister Tariq Aziz . Aziz, who served in the...
A report revealing that US intelligence officials knowingly allowed Nazis to settle in US "safe havens" after World War II was released Saturday by the New York Times after being leaked by former Department of Justice...
