A judge in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday found alleged Real IRA member Sean Gerard Hoey not guilty of murder in relation to the 1998 Omagh bombing , the worst terrorist attack in Northern...

Three former UK residents held at Guantanamo Bay who were released from US custody Wednesday and then detained by UK authorities the same day on their arrival home were released from UK custody Thursday. Libyan...

The US Senate passed the Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2007 Wednesday, a bill that would impose new economic sanctions and travel restrictions on leaders from Myanmar . The bill is...

The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution against "defamation of religion," expressing concern about laws that have led to religions discrimination and profiling since Sept. 11. The resolution urges all:States to provide, within their respective...

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey sent a memo to top Justice Department staff Wednesday advising them of a shift in DOJ policy that will limit who can discuss ongoing investigations with the White House....

A Chinese court has sentenced former prosecutor Li Baojin to death after convicting him Wednesday of accepting bribes and embezzling money. Li was found guilty of accepting $760,000 in bribes over a 10-year period while he worked as chief...

Cambodia has lodged a formal complaint with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon over a UN official's comments earlier this month criticizing Cambodia's human rights record, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday. Speaking at a rally in Phnom Penh to...

South African National Prosecuting Authority acting Director Mokotedi Mpshe said Thursday that prosecutors have sufficient evidence to support corruption charges against Jacob Zuma , who earlier this week was elected leader of the...

The US Senate and House of Representatives Wednesday passed by voice vote the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 , which closes a loophole that allowed Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho to purchase...

United States of America v. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Guantanamo Bay Military Commission, December 19, 2007 [ruling that the US government has sufficiently proved that Salim Ahmed Hamdan is an alien unlawful enemy combatant and subject to the jursidiction of a...