The National Security Archive , a research institute at George Washington University, won partial summary judgment on Wednesday in its lawsuit against the US Air Force, as the US District Court for the District of Columbia...
Afghanistan's peace and reconciliation commission Thursday praised the release of a list of detainees held at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay , which was made available as the result of a...
A panel from the US House Committee on International Relations sharply criticized China's human rights record on Wednesday, ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's Thursday visit to the White House . At a...
The Supreme Court of the Philippines Thursday ruled unconstitutional a 2005 executive order from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo which prevented government officials from being questioned in investigations against her regarding...
The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps , a private organization of volunteers who patrol US borders, said Thursday that they would begin building a security fence on land owned by supporters along the US-Mexico border if President...
A travel ban on Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has been extended for another year, Vanunu's lawyer said Thursday. Israel's Ministry of Justice has rejected Vanunu's appeal, saying that he could reveal more military secrets....
Svetlana Bakhmina , a lawyer for the Russian oil company Yukos , was convicted Wednesday of tax evasion and embezzlement for her part in a scheme to strip assets worth over $300 million from...
Leading Thursday's international brief, at least three protestors were killed in Kathmandu as hundreds violated a day-long curfew in the capital city ordered by the Nepalese government aimed at breaking the continued pro-democracy protests staged against...
According to figures compiled by Amnesty International , 2,148 people were executed around the world in 2005, with the most executions being performed in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the US. In its report released Thursday, Amnesty...
A Bosnian immigrant admitted in a US district court Wednesday that he lied to US immigration officers about his participation in ethnic cleansing during the Bosnian War when he allegedly participated in the 1995 killings of 1,200...