The Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Friday sentenced Shareef Abdelhaleem, a member of the Toronto 18 terrorist group, to life in prison without parole. Justice Fletcher Dawson said that Abdelhaleem...
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The Egyptian military's judicial committee on Saturday proposed a constitutional amendment that would impose an eight-year term limit on the presidency in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the 30-year reign of former president Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera...
The UN Security Council on Saturday voted unanimously to impose sanctions on Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi , marking the first unanimous referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in UN history....
South Korean prosecutor Jeong Jeom-Shik announced Friday that five Somali pirates captured in January have been charged with six offenses, including attempted murder, maritime robbery and kidnapping. The attempted murder charge carries with it a possible...
Three Turkish journalists allegedly involved with aiding the Ergenekon coup plot were jailed Friday amid foreign concerns for the treatment of journalists within the country. Members of the Ergenekon plot allegedly planned to assassinate...
The Egyptian military announced Sunday that it suspended the constitution and will run the country until an election is held in six months. The television announcement marked the first time that the military had publicly...
The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces pledged Friday to lift the country's emergency laws , which have been in place for nearly 30 years, as soon as circumstances improve. The announcement...
The Egyptian government will meet with opposition leaders Sunday to study potential changes to its constitution , but opposition leaders are hesitant to believe anything will come of the effort . A committee of judicial and political leaders...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday voted 2-1 to uphold the conviction of a Florida doctor who offered to treat injured al Qaeda ...
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Saturday that his country's president violated its new constitution when he made a series of judicial, financial and legal appointments without consulting him. President Mwai...
