According to a report in Malaysia's News Straits Times , government and opposition politicians in Malaysia are pushing for the release of dozens of terror suspects, many suspected of ties to al-Qaeda, held without trial for the past...

Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh announced plans on Wednesday for Canada to ban the bulk export of prescription medicines under certain circumstances and conditions. Legislation to change the Canadian Food and Drugs Act...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia announced Wednesday that it has ordered the release of former Bosnian Serb police chief Stevan Todorovic after only two-thirds of his ten year sentence had...

Chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo of the International Criminal Court told the UN Security Council in a statement Wednesday that the ICC's preliminary investigation into the situation in Darfur begun June 1,...

Egypt's Higher Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that a new law that would have allowed more than one person to run for president is unconstitutional. The proposed change, seen as an important political reform, was ordered by Egyptian President...

An Algerian court Wednesday sentenced Mohamed Meguerba to 10 years in prison for masterminding an al-Qaeda plot to execute a bio-terror attack on London using ricin and other agents. Meguerba, an Algerian native, skipped bail...

Iranian daily newspaper Etemaad is reporting that the Iranian Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a man, known only as Vahid, sentenced to have his eyes surgically gouged out for throwing battery acid in the face...

A proposed amendment to the Russian Constitution that would have allowed President Vladimir Putin to serve a third term fell far short of approval by the State Duma on Wednesday. Only 32...

Two US citizens pleaded not guilty to terror-related charges against them in federal court on Tuesday. Tarik Shah, 42, of New York, and Rafik Abdus Sabir, 50, of Boca Raton, Florida, each face a single count of conspiracy to...

Former Deputy President of South Africa Jacob Zuma was released on $150 bail Wednesday after prosecution lawyers asked for more time to prepare a corruption case against him and trial was postponed until October 2005. Bail was...