An official for the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs Friday confirmed the governments intention to appeal a Federal Court ruling directing the government to firmly push for the repatriation of Canadian Guantanamo Bay [JURIST...
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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced Saturday that Iran's judiciary will fairly review the espionage conviction of US journalist Roxana Saberi , adding that "ules and regulations in Iran equally apply...
An Iranian woman sentenced to death for a murder committed as a juvenile was secretly executed Friday, drawing criticism from human rights groups. Delara Darabi, a 23-year-old Iranian artist sentenced to death six years ago as a juvenile on...
A UK judge sentenced two of the three men acquitted of conspiracy charges relating to the July 7, 2005 London Transit Bombings to seven years in prison Wednesday on lesser charges. Mohammed Shakil and Waheed...
A judge for the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) ordered the release of four generals who had been held on suspicion of their involvement in the February 2005 suicide bombing that killed...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai told reporters Monday that the controversial Shi'ite personal status law , which limits women's rights, is being amended by the country's Justice Ministry. Monday's statement [Reuters...
The US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Tuesday declassified a November 2008 report detailing the extent of top Bush administration officials' involvement in implementing severe interrogation techniques employed by US military...
As appeals court in Senegal on Monday ordered the release of nine members of AIDS awareness group AIDES Senegal who had been convicted of sodomy and sentenced to eight years in prison in January. Having been officially charged with...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday dismissed a defamation suit filed by a former US Marine against Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) after ruling...
Iraqi military spokesperson Major General Qassim Atta said Monday that he is seeking the closure of the Bagdad offices of newspaper Al-Hayat and television network Al-Sharquiya after the two media outlets allegedly misquoted him in a...
