The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced that 14 individuals have been charged with providing money, personnel and services to the Somalia-based Islamic terrorism organization al-Shabaab . Prosecutors in the Southern District...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for the elimination of all nuclear weapons Thursday in a speech delivered during a visit to the Japanese city of Nagasaki. In his speech, Ban emphasized the importance of...

The US Senate on Thursday voted 63-37 to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court . The vote fell largely along party lines, with only one Democrat voting...

Federal authorities arrested a Chicago man Tuesday night on suspicion that he planned to travel to Somalia and train with terrorist groups there in order to become a suicide bomber. Acording to a complaint filed...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of former Iraqi detainees against US military contractors. The lawsuit, Al-Quraishi...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for Iraq's political leaders to work together "with a higher sense of urgency" to form a new government, warning that further delays could create more instability. Since holding...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Wednesday announced that they would pursue a legal challenge to the Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) licensing scheme, despite being issued...

Opponents of a new Kenya constitution on Thursday peacefully conceded to those in favor of the change, after early results from a national referendum strongly favored the constitution. Voting on the constitution took place Wednesday...

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) , seeking to overturn its decision to allow the Cordoba...

Egyptian dissident Saad Eddin Ibrahim on Wednesday returned to Egypt after three years of exile, despite nine outstanding criminal complaints against him. Ibrahim, founder of the Ibn Khaldoun Centre for Development Studies , has been a...