The Supreme Court of Spain on Thursday overturned the Sept. 11 conspiracy conviction of Syrian-born Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas , but upheld his conviction as the leader of an al Qaeda cell in Spain....

Kenya's National Assembly has unanimously approved a sex-crimes law after a month of heated debate over several controversial provisions, most of which were dropped in order to pass the bill . Legislators dropped provisions criminalizing marital rape and...

US President Bush on Thursday urged Congress to negotiate a comprehensive immigration reform bill that recognizes that "America can be a lawful society and America can be a welcoming society at the same time." In a...

Montgomery County Circuit Judge James Ryan has sentenced convicted Washington, DC-area sniper John Allen Muhammad to six consecutive life terms in prison without the possibility of parole. Muhammad was convicted by a Maryland jury of...

Mark Corallo , a former spokesperson for ex-Attorney General John Ashcroft, filed an affidavit in federal court in San Francisco on Wednesday criticizing subpoenas issued by current Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to compel two San Francisco...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday condemned the conviction and imprisonment on last week of 13 Chinese villagers who participated in a riot in Dongzhou last December. The 13 villagers were...

The Federal Election Commission said Wednesday that it will not appeal a ruling ordering it to either present a "reasoned explanation" for its case-by-case treatment of campaign contribution issues involving tax-exempt...

Umer Hayat, who was accused of lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about his son's terrorism-related activities, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge of trying to smuggle $28,000 in cash into Pakistan three years ago....

The Jordanian government said Wednesday that it intends to introduce a bill in parliament that will eliminate prison sentences for journalism-related crimes, just one day after a court sentenced two newspaper editors to two months in jail...

The Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) - formerly known as the Iraqi Special Tribunal - has issued two arrest warrants for former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz for crimes against humanity, according to...