Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei and members of his Fatah party Cabinet submitted their resignations Thursday after initial results from Wednesday's Palestinian parliamentary elections - the first in ten years - appeared to give the militant...
Efforts to reach an agreement on a long-term renewal of the USA Patriot Act appear stalled as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. James Sensenbrenner , the House's chief negotiator, has said his chamber...
UK rights group Liberty will launch a challenge to the UK Terrorism Act 2000 in the House of Lords Wednesday, arguing that the law violates fundamental human rights. According to a new report from...
An Iraqi Justice Ministry official said Wednesday that 424 prisoners, including five women detainees, have "completed their legal procedures" and will be released from US custody. The US has confirmed that eight women are...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by a vote of 10-8, with all Republican members voting for...
The trial of former Yugoslav dictator Slobodan Milosevic resumed Monday at The Hague, as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ended its extended winter break. The break had been prolonged...
The Shiite United Iraqi Alliance won 128 of 275 seats in the Iraqi parliament, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) said Friday when it released final results from the December 15 parliamentary...
The Electronic Privacy Information Center has announced plans to file a federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit Thursday against the US Justice Department seeking the release of documents about the department's role in the...
Detainees held at Guantanamo Bay were able to provide valuable information in connection with last year's London bombings , Army Maj. Gen. Jay Hood, who is in charge of the prison, said Wednesday. Hood...
A leaked UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office memo says that while undertaking or cooperating with extraordinary rendition of terror suspects to countries where they could face a real risk of torture could never be...
