The trial of British national Simon Mann , charged with participating in an alleged coup attempt against Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in 2004, concluded on Friday with his...
The Bush administration on Friday invoked executive privilege in refusing to turn over documents to the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee now investigating what it claims to be a politically-motivated decision [JURIST...
European Union government leaders meeting in Brussels Friday directed member states to draft tougher border security legislation to curb the growing problem of illegal immigration in Europe. The security overhaul is aimed at setting...
A US military commission pre-trial hearing for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr will go ahead Wednesday as planned notwithstanding Thursday's Supreme Court ruling on detainee habeas rights , military judge Col. Patrick Parrish...
Nepalese police detained more than 500 Tibetan monks, refugees, and other protesters near the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu Thursday as demonstrations continued against China's recent crackdown against pro-Tibet protests . Thursday's detentions follow a...
A Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge Thursday issued a temporary restraining order blocking Philadelphia from enforcing new gun control legislation that would have banned the sale of assault weapons, required...
Internecine conflict among factions of the rebel Lords Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda has killed a rebel commander wanted by International Criminal Court prosecutors, according to sources speaking to Reuters...
Zimbabwe's High Court Sunday ordered the countrys Electoral Commission to refrain from recounting the results of the combined March 29 elections until the presidential poll results are announced. Zimbabwean opposition party Movement for Democratic Change...
Egyptian prosecutors Thursday charged the co-founder of pro-reform opposition movement Kifaya with inciting unrest and violence in association with a nationwide labor strike last Sunday. George Ishaq and 60 other members of the Kifaya movement...
The National Council of the Slovak Republic voted 103-5 Thursday to ratify the EU reform treaty , formally known as the Treaty of Lisbon . Previous attempts to vote on the treaty...
