Ontario Superior Court Justice Douglas Rutherford Thursday sentenced Ottawa software developer Mohammed Momin Khawaja to 10.5 years in prison for his involvement in an alleged terrorist plot to bomb targets in...
Officials from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said Thursday that a ban on video-sharing website YouTube has been lifted, but did not comment on access to several other blocked websites that also posted a...
The Central Criminal Court of Iraq (CCCI) on Thursday sentenced Muntadar al-Zaidi , the Iraqi journalist accused of throwing his shoes at former US president George W. Bush, to three years in...
US financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to all 11 charges of securities fraud . The plea was entered at a hearing before Judge Denny Chin of the US District...
The number of employment discrimination charges against private employers filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) increased by 15 percent in 2008 to reach record highs, according to EEOC statistics...
Zimbabwean authorities on Thursday released jailed Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer general and opposition cabinet member-designate Roy Bennett , one day after the nation's Supreme Court denied a state appeal to...
Pakistan government forces conducted raids and arrested opposition members, including members of the country's lawyers' movement , prior to a protest rally led Wednesday by former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...
The Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench on Tuesday approved a settlement agreement between Canadian meatpacker Maple Leaf Foods and class action plaintiffs who brought suit against the company in connection with...
The government of Libya has released two men convicted in 2007 of planning to overthrow the government and meeting with a foreign official, Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced Tuesday....
The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid and former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz Wednesday to 15 years in prison, respectively, for their...