A group of five Kenyans involved in the country's Mau Mau uprising during the 1950s sued the British government on Tuesday, alleging that they were abused in British prison camps. The...

Iranian authorities announced on Tuesday that they would not hold a new presidential election, maintaining that there was no evidence of any major fraud or irregularity in the contested results . Following its investigation , the country's...

The Japanese Diet has passed an anti-piracy law, authorizing the government to dispatch forces to combat pirate attacks against commercial vessels. The law, passed by the House of Representatives Friday, allows the...

A federal judge ordered the release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee Monday, ruling that Syrian national Abdulrahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco could not be considered a member of a terrorist organization when originally taken...

US State Department spokesperson Ian Kelly said Monday that the US is concerned over China's decision to require software that would block certain Internet content. The Chinese government is requiring that all personal computers sold...

The president of the French National Assembly Bernard Accoyer announced Tuesday the creation of a commission to study the wearing of the Muslim burqa . The statement came after...

US President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law the Family Smoking and Tobacco Prevention Act , which grants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) certain authority to regulate tobacco products. In remarks...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday sentenced former Rwandan interior minister Callixte Kalimanzira to 30 years imprisonment on charges of genocide and public...

Abdul Rahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco v. Barack Obama, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, June 22, 2009 [ordering the release of Guantanamo detainee Abdulrahim Abdul Razak Al Ginco, holding that he could not be considered...

Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, et al., US Supreme Court, June 22, 2009 [holding that the US Army Corps of Engineers may issue a permit for discharge of fill material otherwise subject to limitations under Sections 301...