Thirty-nine accused Darfur rebels appeared before special courts in Sudan to be tried under a 2001 anti-terrorism law Wednesday. The accused allegedly belong to the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) , which Sudanese officials accuse...

The US congress voted late Wednesday to override President George W. Bush's veto of the new Farm Bill . The override passed easily in both chambers, with votes of 80-14 in the Senate and 317-109...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy in text messages sent on work cell phones. The present case was bought by an Ontario...

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Wednesday that the US Senate should quickly pass a proposed bill designed to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria because it would save lives and encourage...

The US Supreme Court handed down five decisions Thursday, including MetLife v. Glenn , in which the Court ruled 6-3 that an employee benefit plan administrator has an illegal conflict...

Mexico has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for assistance in stopping the Texas executions of five of its citizens, including Jose Ernesto Medellin , who is scheduled to be executed August...

The Swedish parliament Wednesday passed a controversial warrantless wiretapping law that gives the country's National Defence Radio Establishment broad authority to monitor international telephone and electronic communications passing through the country. The bill,...

The status of more than 1,000 protesters detained by Chinese authorities during March demonstrations in Tibet remains unknown, according to an Amnesty International report released Wednesday. About 370 of the protesters who surrendered...

Canada classified the World Tamil Movement (WTM) as a terrorist organization Tuesday , according to comments by Canadian Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day . Day characterized the group as a front for...

Burundi military officials Wednesday announced the arrests of nearly 100 members of the Forces for National Liberation (FNL) , a Hutu separatist group engaged in an ongoing conflict with the Burundian government. The FNL denied accusations ...