The US Senate voted 49-48 Wednesday evening to approve an amendment to the proposed Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 , restricting the Y-1 temporary guest worker visa program to...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are investigating allegations that an army commander used Palestinians as human shields in the latest and highest-reaching probe into the banned practice, according to Israeli media reports Wednesday. Accused officer Brig. Gen....

Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Wednesday ordered the dropping of all complaints previously lodged against approximately 200 journalists, opposition party members and pro-democracy activists who protested Monday against an emergency media ordinance. The protest took...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will fast-track its decision in a case concerning insurance companies' coverage of levee failure damage in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina , a judge said following...

The US Department of Defense (DOD) Wednesday announced the transfer of Abdullahi Sudi Arale, a suspected East Africa al Qaeda (EAAQ) courier captured in Somalia, to the military prison at Guantanamo Bay . Arale is...

Zi Zhi Tang v. Alberto R. Gonzales, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, June 6, 2007 . Read the full text of...

The family of Iraqi hotel receptionist Baha Musa , who died while in British military custody in 2003, plans to sue the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) , according to a family lawyer Wednesday. Solicitor Martyn Day...

Carla Del Ponte , top prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) praised last week's arrest and extradition of war crimes suspect Zdravko Tolimir Wednesday, but...

The government of Ethiopia charged 55 people affiliated with the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) Tuesday with plotting to overthrow the government following Ethiopia's 2005 election . The CUD has previously accused Prime...

An Iranian judge said Wednesday that two detained Iranian-Americans had admitted to carrying out some "activities," but it is not clear if this is tantamount to admission of spying. In an interview with Iran's ISNA news...