Slovakia's Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday that the government will accept three inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The ministry stated that this was a "gesture of solidarity" in support of President...

An appeals court in Malaysia ruled on Tuesday that the country's ban on sodomy is constitutional. The court made the ruling while considering the appeal of Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahaman, who was convicted of sodomizing a 14-year-old...

The UK Iraq Inquiry released a 2002 letter on Tuesday from former UK attorney general Peter Goldsmith to former secretary of defense Geoffrey Hoon in which Goldsmith warned the Cabinet that...

Former vice president of China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) Huang Songyou was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges on Tuesday and sentenced to life imprisonment . Huang is the highest-ranking judge to be charged...

Former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine signed the "Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana" bill on his last full day in office Monday, legalizing the use of medical marijuana in the state. The bill allows...

The British Government announced Monday plans for a new scheme to compensate victims of terrorist attacks abroad. Home Secretary Alan Johnson introduced the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme as part of the...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday issued two per curiam opinions , remanded the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal , and denied a preliminary injunction to Michigan in a dispute over...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Monday that the US will allow Haitian orphans into the country to receive needed care in the aftermath of last week's earthquake . The...

The Spanish High Court on Monday ordered the extradition of pilot Julio Alberto Poch so that he may be tried in Argentina for his alleged role in the nation's 1976-83 "Dirty War" [GlobalSecurity backgrounder; JURIST...

A judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice Monday sentenced two men previously convicted in connection with the failed "Toronto 18" terrorist plot. Alleged plot leader Zakaria Amara was sentenced to life in...