Cuba , a country famous for its tobacco products, now has some of the toughest anti-smoking laws. New legislation that went into force across the country Monday will prohibit smoking in work environments, ban the sale...
More than 200 foreign nationals currently being detained in US immigration facilities could be released under a recent Supreme Court ruling according to figures released Monday by Cheryl Little , executive director of the Florida...
Lawyers representing UK terror suspects detained by authorities in Broadmoor high security hospital and Belmarsh prison have filed a case with the European Court of Human Rights , arguing that Britain's derogation from the European Convention on Human...
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Monday that Israel's State Prosecution Office will later this week recommend to the country's High Court that it ignore the International Court of Justice ruling on Israel's security fence issued...
The son of late President Gnassingbe Eyadema was sworn in as the new president of the African state of Togo Monday after the country's parliament altered its constitution to permit his...
In Friday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan formally reported to the Security Council Friday morning on the finding of the special UN commission on the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan. While the commission did...
In Thursday's international brief, Israel has announced its approval of a plan to release as many as 900 detained Palestinians in coming weeks. The details of the exact number of prisoners to be released, and the conditions...
Outgoing US Attorney General John Ashcroft took some parting shots Tuesday at a recent Supreme Court sentencing ruling and at critics opposed to renewal of the Patriot Act. Addressing a staunchly conservative crowd at...
A second guard charged in the torture of inmates at Abu Ghraib pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges and was sentenced to prison time. Specialist Roman Krol, a Russian-born US citizen serving as an interrogator for...
In Monday's international brief, the United Kingdom's Special Immigration Appeal Commission has granted bail to three terror suspects individuals being held without charge or trial in London's Belmarsh Prison . The only individual to...
