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Ex-Pakistan PM Sharif returns from exile to contest elections under emergency
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif [BBC profile; party profile] successfully returned to Pakistan after seven years in exile Sunday to lead his party in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He flew from Saudi Arabia into the internationa (More) |
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DOD transfers 14 Saudi detainees from Guantanamo Bay
The Saudi Arabian government said Saturday that 14 Saudi detainees have returned home [SPA press release; DOD press release] following their transfers from Guantanamo Bay . Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz said that the ex-detain (More) |
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Pakistan high court considers challenge against ex-PM Sharif deportation
The Supreme Court of Pakistan heard arguments Tuesday in a challenge against the September 10 deportation of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Saudi Arabia. Pakistani authorities arrested Sharif on corruption and money laundering cha (More) |
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Spain indicts 22 connected to terrorist recruiting group
Spanish anti-terror judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] issued indictments for 22 people on charges of participating in or collaborating with a terrorist organization that recruits fighters to aid al Qaeda in Iraq, the Spanish N (More) |
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Saudi Arabia frees Guantanamo transferees for Eid holiday
Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz announced Saturday that 55 Saudi prisoners recently transferred from Guantanamo Bay back to their home country will be given a temporary release and stipend of $2,600 to celebrate the Mus (More) |
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Saudi Arabia setting up new supreme court as part of judicial overhaul
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has announced a plan to create a supreme court for the country, as well as new appeals and general courts. The new supreme court will replace the current Supreme Judicial Council, which will be relegated to handling is (More) |
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DOD transfers 8 more detainees from Guantanamo Bay
Eight more detainees have been transferred from Guantanamo Bay , the US Defense Department said Sunday. According to the DOD announcement, six detainees were transferred to Afghanistan, one was transferred to Libya and one to Yemen. The names of the (More) |
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State Department religious freedom report criticizes Iraq, other US allies
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice released the annual State Department Report on International Religious Freedom Friday, criticizing what it considered to be sharp decreases in religious freedom and an increase in religious strife in several n (More) |
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Former Pakistan PM Bhutto facing corruption charges on return
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will be allowed to return to Pakistan to campaign for office but will face corruption charges , the Pakistani government said Friday. Bhutto, who left the country in 1999 under the cloud of corruption (More) |
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Afghan al-Qaeda detainee transferred to Guantanamo
An Afghan terror suspect has been transferred to Guantanamo Bay , the US Department of Defense (DOD) announced Wednesday. Known only as Inayatullah, DOD said the detainee has admitted to being the head of al-Qaeda operations in Zahedan, Iran, and t (More) |
UN deadline for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait expires
On January 15, 1991, the deadline issued by United Nations for Iraq to withdraw its troops from of Kuwait expired. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq until January 15, 1991 to leave.
