Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks was released from an Australian prison Saturday. In an statement read by his lawyer, Hicks asked the media and public to respect his agreement not to speak on a...
A federal judge on Friday blocked an Oregon law that would allow same-sex couples to enter into contractual domestic partnerships . The law was scheduled to take effect on January 1, but US District...
South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Friday served an indictment on politician Jacob Zuma , charging him with corruption, fraud, money laundering and racketeering. His trial is scheduled to begin in August. Earlier...
US President George W. Bush Friday signed into law a bill that will allow the federal government to prosecute individuals in the US suspected of genocide abroad. The Genocide Accountability Act of 2007 modifies Section...
The US Department of Defense said Friday that newly charged Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi is the brother-in-law of Khalid al Mihdhar , one of the 9/11 hijackers. Mihdhar was on American Airlines...
A panel of former 9/11 Commission members say the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) withheld videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects, possibly violating federal law. According to a Saturday New York Times report, the panel began to...
Thailand's National Legislative Assembly passed a controversial security law Thursday, days before the country's general elections. The Internal Security Bill grants the head of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) power to bar public demonstrations, hold detainees...
Military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay filed charges Thursday against Saudi detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi was for his alleged role in a plan to bomb a ship off the coast of Yemen or in the...
A Bangladesh court sentenced four university professors Tuesday for participating in anti-government student protests that took place in August. Police inspector Mahbub Siddiqui told AFP that the academics were found guilty of breaking emergency laws ...
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett said Tuesday that Pennsylvania and several other states will file lawsuits against tobacco company RJ Reynolds for violating an agreement not to use cartoon characters to advertise tobacco products. A...
