Iran announced Monday, without further explanation, that it has ordered the closure a daily newspaper, Asia, and banned the publication of a forthcoming, bi-weekly women's periodical, Nour-e Banovan. The Culture Ministry said the Supervisory Board on the Press has...
The Syrian government announced Monday that it will put former Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam on trial for high treason and investigate his alleged acts of corruption in response to demands by Syrian parliament members ...
Germany's new foreign minister Frank Walter Steinmeier Saturday denied allegations that German officials may have aided the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the December 2003 abduction of German citizen Khaled El-Masri , who...
The US Department of Defense announced Friday that it has extended an invitation to special representative Anne-Marie Lizin of the 55-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to visit the...
The US government urged the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in court papers filed Friday to withdraw its September 9, 2005 opinion which denied the habeas petition of Jose Padilla [JURIST news...
In court papers filed Friday, US Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald said certain details of his investigation into the CIA leak case , including grand jury testimony and documents identifying witnesses, must remain secret, implying that...
The 100-nation governing body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Friday authorized an independent board to award funds to victims of war crimes through administration of the international Victims Trust Fund . Member...
US District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the Northern District of Illinois ruled Friday that an Illinois law restricting the sale and rental of violent or sexually explicit video games to minors is an...
US military officials announced Saturday that four American soldiers will not face criminal charges for burning the bodies of two Taliban rebels in Afghanistan , though they will be subject to disciplinary action. The US Department of Defense...
The scope of the US Department of Justice probe into the dealings of former high-powered Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff may implicate more public officials than previously anticipated, according to a report by...
