A US military judge announced tuesday that the trial of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr will begin on August 10 . Army Col. Patrick Parrish also ordered pre-trial hearings on...
The US court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday rejected a motion by former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to postpone his trial until the US Supreme Court issues...
A group of UN human rights experts said Monday that Arizona's new immigration law could violate international standards that are binding on the US. The group of six UN experts, which...
A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss criminal charges against former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani , despite his lawyers claims that he had been tortured in prison. Judge Lewis Kaplan of the US...
Two Latino advocacy groups say they plan to challenge the constitutionality of Arizona's new immigration law, alleging it permits racial profiling. SB 1070 , signed into law Friday by Governor Jan Brewer, permits police to question...
A New York man pleaded guilty Friday for plotting to bomb the New York City subway system in 2009. Zarein Ahmedzay appeared before US magistrate judge Steven Gold on charges of conspiracy to...
A US military panel in Iraq on Thursday acquitted Navy SEAL Julio Huertas of any wrongdoing in connection with the alleged assault of a high-profile Iraqi detainee. A six-person jury found Huertas not guilty on...
An Arkansas judge ruled Friday that a state law prohibiting all unmarried couples from adopting or fostering children violates the Arkansas Constitution . Critics claimed that the Arkansas Adoption and Foster Care Act of 2008 [ACLU...
A federal grand jury on Friday indicted five former Blackwater executives on charges of weapons violations and lying to criminal investigators. The 15-count indictment charges five former executives, including former president Gary...
Australian Immigration Minister Chris Evans announced Friday that that his country will temporarily suspend processing all asylum claims from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Evans, a cabinet minister under Prime Minister Kevin Rudd , said...
