An Italian jury acquitted all five defendants accused of murdering banker Roberto Calvi Wednesday after almost two days of deliberation. Italian prosecutors have not yet decided whether to appeal the acquittal. Calvi, who was found hung under...
Major General Nadeem Ijaz, the director general of Pakistan's Military Intelligence (MI) and a close relative of President General Pervez Musharraf, filed an affidavit with the Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday alleging that suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that victims of forced abortions are "statutorily entitled" to prevent their removal from the United States by requesting asylum under Sec. 208 of the Immigration and...
At least 39 "ghost detainees" have been held by the US CIA in secret detention facilities, according to a report jointly published Thursday by six leading human rights groups, including Amnesty...
The US Senate voted 49-48 Wednesday evening to approve an amendment to the proposed Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 , restricting the Y-1 temporary guest worker visa program to...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) Wednesday announced the transfer of Abdullahi Sudi Arale, a suspected East Africa al Qaeda (EAAQ) courier captured in Somalia, to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay . Arale is...
Carla Del Ponte , top prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) praised last week's arrest and extradition of war crimes suspect Zdravko Tolimir Wednesday, but...
The government of Ethiopia charged 55 people affiliated with the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) Tuesday with plotting to overthrow the government following Ethiopia's 2005 election . The CUD has previously accused Prime...
A court in Mauritania acquitted 24 defendants on trial for assorted crimes under anti-terror laws Tuesday, finding that confessions and testimonies obtained from the suspects were inadmissible because they were obtained through torture. Only...
US District Judge Eldon E. Fallon of the US Eastern District of Louisiana Tuesday modified his 2006 ruling that rejected a $51 million jury award against pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. ,...
