Australian Attorney General Robert McClelland said Tuesday that the government will reform anti-terrorism legislation in accordance with the recommendations of a report into the case of Dr. Mohammad Haneef [JURIST news archive;...

Human Rights First Monday filed an amicus curiae brief requesting a stay of military commission proceedings against five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ,...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday appointed a new judge to the Supreme Court of Canada to fill an eight-month vacancy, bypassing public parliamentary hearings established in 2006 and blaming the move...

A Sudanese man charged with aiding an International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation of a Darfur war crimes suspect appeared in court Monday. Mohamed Alsary Ibrahim is charged with working to overthrow the...

Five men were found guilty Monday in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey of plotting to kill US soldiers at Fort Dix . The five men, Serdar...

An Iraqi national living in Maryland on Sunday pleaded guilty to charges of spying for the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein . Saubhe Jassim Al-Dellemy, a former Baath party member, pleaded...

The Iraqi Council of Representatives on Monday delayed a vote to determine the future of non-US foreign troops in the country. On Saturday, the parliament rejected a draft law that would have permitted 6,000 troops...

Russia's Federation Council , the upper house of parliament, gave final approval Monday to amendments to the Russian Constitution that would extend presidential terms from four to six years and terms for...

Australian authorities on Sunday removed the final restrictions against former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks . Hicks, who served more than five years in the military prison without a trial before pleading guilty to...

German government spokesperson Thomas Steg said Monday that Germany would consider taking in detainees released from the Guantanamo Bay military prison if US President-elect Barack Obama closed the facility. Steg said that Germany supports closure of...