A court in Australia has released the identity of a man accused of lighting a fire in the southeastern state of Victoria. Brendan Sokaluk, faces charges of arson causing death, intentionally lighting a bushfire and one count of possessing child porn...
Saddam Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, known in the West as Chemical Ali, for his role in gassing thousands of Kurds in the late 1980s, has been condemned to death by an Iraqi court for a second time. Al-Majid was convicted for his role in th...
Thailand's Supreme Court has found former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra guilty of a conflict of interest involving a land deal his wife arranged. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, Thai prosecutors say they will ask for Thaksin's extradition fr...
Indonesia's constitutional court has ruled the three men convicted in the 2002 Bali bombings and sentenced to death may be executed by firing squad, quashing their claim it is inhumane and against the constitution. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Col...
A Dutch court has ruled that The Netherlands owes nothing to the families of two Bosnian Muslims who were killed after Dutch peacekeepers turned them over to Serb forces during the 1995 Srebrenica massacres. For VOA, Lauren Comiteau has more from Am...
Efforts by activists to force India's government to strike down a Victorian-era law banning homosexuality are gaining momentum. It is another sign that India's deeply conservative society is changing. Raymond Thibodeaux reports from Bangalore, capit...
A look at three recent decisions on gun rights, prisoners at Guantanamo and a case that was notable not just for its subject. Transcript of radio broadcast: 27 July 2008 VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember....
The Supreme Court of Thailand has agreed to hear a new corruption case against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in a move seen as another blow by opponents against the embattled government that is stacked with Mr. Thaksin's allies. VOA's Lu...
A British court has rejected an appeal by a radical Muslim cleric who has been trying to block his extradition to the United States. From London, Tendai Maphosa reports for VOA that U.S. prosecutors accuse the cleric of attempting to set up a terror...
Indonesia has denied final appeals for three men on death row convicted for deadly bombings on the island of Bali in October, 2002. Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta. Imam Samudra, Ali Ghufron and Amrozi Nurhasyim at jail in central Java, during de...