US District Judge Reggie Walton ruled Thursday against allowing the testimony of memory experts in the CIA leak trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby [defense profile; JURIST news...
The British judge presiding over the trial of 13 men arrested and charged in connection with the alleged terror plot to blow up US-bound jetliners over the Atlantic urged...
A Moroccan believed to have ties to two figures connected to the September 11 attacks was sentenced to nine years in prison Thursday after a French criminal court found him guilty of "associating with wrongdoers in...
US special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald spent approximately three hours Thursday cross-examining the first witness presented by lawyers representing former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby . The witness, psychologist...
A US federal court in Atlanta Thursday rejected a government motion to seal unclassified files in the trial of two men with alleged terrorism ties. US citizens Syed Ahmed, 21, a Georgia Tech student, and Ehsanul Sadequee, 20, an...
The Tunisian government has launched a new campaign against the public wearing of hijabs , the headscarves worn by many Muslim women in the predominantly Islamic state north African state. Police have begun stopping...
The National Organization for Human Rights in Syria announced Friday that the release of jailed Syrian writer and activist Michel Kilo , who was set to be released on bail Thursday, has been delayed...
Portugal's Parliament Thursday approved holding a national referendum allowing voters to decide on making abortion legal up until the 10th week of pregnancy. Current Portuguese abortion law allows the procedure up until...
International Committee of the Red Cross President Jakob Kellenberger said Thursday that certain provisions of the newly-signed Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) are too vague and could...
Three Canadian citizens supported by Amnesty International Canada demanded an official inquiry into their cases Thursday along the lines of that undertaken for Maher Arar to determine what role Canadian security forces played in...
