Spanish National Court judge Baltasar Garzon will begin an inquiry into the suspected torture and ill-treatment of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay , Spanish media reported Saturday. The inquiry...
Former US Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) lawyers John Yoo and Jay Bybee have been cleared of allegations of wrongdoing in relation to their controversial memos asserting...
Guatemalan authorities have issued an arrest warrant for former president Alfonso Portillo , after the US government requested his extradition on Sunday to face charges of money laundering . Portillo, who was president...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that nuclear arms reduction negotiations with the US are likely to resume in early February and will soon result in a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty. The treaty...
A Spanish foreign ministry official confirmed Monday that Spain will be accepting two detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay . One of the detainees is said to be of Yemeni origin, while the nationality...
Local police struggled to maintain law and order in Haiti while awaiting the deployment of more US troops on Monday, as looting and vigilantism rose among increasingly desperate and frustrated survivors of the earthquake that struck the country last...
The Obama administration is considering bringing charges in a Washington, DC, federal court against Guantanamo Bay detainee Riduan Isamuddin , the suspected planner of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombing , the Associated Press reported...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced the construction of 70 miles of fence along Israel's border with Egypt in order to combat terrorism and illegal immigration. In explaining the purpose for...
A sharply divided Montana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that physician assisted suicide is not banned by state law, making Montana the third state to allow the practice after Oregon and Washington. The Court upheld in...
Judge Richardo M. Urbina of the US District Court for the District of Columbia Thursday dismissed voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges against the five Blackwater guards indicted for their involvement in the...
