A Superior Court of Ontario judge Thursday threw out part of a secrecy law invoked to search a reporter's home for the source of the story she published on Maher Arar . Juliet O'Neill ,...
The US Defense Department Office of the Inspector General has concluded that the US military's use of a propaganda program in Iraq was legal, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday. While the program involved planting and paying for...
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday denied an emergency motion to prevent the US military from surrendering translator and accused kidnapper Mohammad Munaf, a US citizen,...
Several domestic and foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in Russia will be forced to shut down after missing Wednesday's deadline to obtain the necessary permits required by a controversial new law. Foreign-funded NGOs are required to register with the...
Israel's High Court has urged the country's military to reconsider its ban on entry by Palestinians and allow a Palestinian woman to study in Israel . Sawsan Salameh was denied entry to Israel by the military after...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales insisted Wednesday that the newly-signed Military Commissions Act of 2006 that has drawn harsh criticism from rights groups and many legal experts...
China is building a large barbed wire and concrete fence along parts of its border with North Korea , according to farmers and visitors in the area. A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman refused to...
Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Tuesday that Thailand will remain under martial law but will ease restrictions on political gatherings. Martial law currently prohibits gatherings of more than five people. The...
A federal judge Monday rejected Missouri's lethal injection protocols as unconstitutional for the second time. Last month, US District Judge Fernando Gaitan ordered Missouri to submit new protocols by...
Moroccan-born Mounir al-Motassadeq , who was convicted by a German court last year for his involvement with the Sept. 11 attacks , could face a third trial, a judge in Germany's...
