The UK Terrorism Bill proposal , introduced following last year's July 7 London bombings, suffered two defeats Tuesday in the House of Lords as peers voted against introducing a "glorification" of terrorism offense and called for more...
The British government Tuesday denied allegations that a government memo documenting a conversation between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George Bush included a suggestion to bomb the Aljazeera headquarters, after the news agency...
A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the failed London bombing attempts on July 21, 2005 after police searched two residential buildings and one place of business. The 27-year old was arrested on suspicion of...
A California school district has agreed to stop teaching a philosophy class discussing intelligent design theory as part of a settlement agreement filed Tuesday, according to the legal director for...
South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has established a policy to prosecute political crimes committed during apartheid in South Africa by individuals who were denied amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) ....
Judges on the Iraqi High Criminal Court (formerly, the Iraqi Special Tribunal ), the court trying Saddam Hussein , are in disagreement over how to choose a new chief judge to replace Rizgar Amin ....
Russia's official newspaper, Rossiskaya Gazeta reported Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting tighter state control over non-governmental organizations, including those foreign-based, though there has been no official announcement from the...
The federal trial of former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell on charges of corruption opened Tuesday with jury selection. Campbell, who served as mayor from 1994 to 2002, has strongly denied charges of racketeering, fraud...
An Austrian arbitration court has ruled that the country must return $150 million in artwork to the heir of the family from whom the works were seized by the Nazis, bringing to a close a case that wound its...
A coalition of civil rights groups, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the Bush administration's warrantless domestic spying program . In the ACLU lawsuit [fact sheet;...