The US Senate on Thursday ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime , which is intended to improve information- and evidence-sharing between national governments to prevent crimes on the Internet. The convention has been signed by 38 European countries along with Japan, Canada, and South Africa. The treaty will enter into force for the [...]

Ahmad Jannati, head of Iran's powerful Guardian Council , on Friday called for the abolition of the United Nations and the UN Security Council because of its prejudicial stance towards Iran. Jannati complained that the Security Council failed to pass a resolution condemning Israel for alleged war crimes in the ongoing Middle East conflict with [...]

A UK court on Friday found a man guilty of illegally fox hunting with dogs in the first criminal prosecution under Britain's Hunting Act 2004 . The League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) brought a private prosecution against Tony Wright on a charge of hunting a fox in April 2005. District Judge Paul Palmer acknowledged that [...]

Russian prosecutors said Thursday that they had approved a request from Uzbekistan to extradite 13 people accused of terrorist acts in connection with last year's uprising in Andijan that resulted in the massacre of unarmed Uzbek civilians . Russian officials said that Uzbekistan suspects the men incited extremist acts during the uprising and committed murder. [...]

The UK Court of Appeal on Friday upheld a High Court decision that nine Afghanistan nationals responsible for the February 6, 2000 Stansted Airport hijacking should have "discretionary leave" to stay in Britain until it is safe for the hijackers to return to Afghanistan. In a unanimous ruling , Lord Justice Henry Brooke wrote that [...]

Texas Republicans said Thursday that they will appeal a federal appeals court decision that former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay must remain on the Texas ballot for the November election to the US Supreme Court. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that the Republican party cannot remove DeLay from [...]

The US Senate passed the Pension Protection Act of 2006 by a margin of 93-5 Thursday, a key bill its supporters say will preserve the workability of traditional employer-employee pension benefits packages while at the same time opening new savings options and reducing the likelihood of government bailouts. Forty-four million workers and retirees will be [...]

JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, a former judge advocate who helped develop and teach the US Department of Defense Law of War Program for almost 20 years, says that US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales fails to understand that narrowing the scope of liability for US personnel under the War [...]

Canadian authorities arrested a new suspect Thursday in connection with alleged planned terrorist attacks in Ontario . The arrest of Ibrahim Alkhalel Mohammed Aboud is the first since authorities arrested 17 in connection with the terror plan in June. Aboud, like the other 17 suspects, is charged under the terrorism provisions of Section 83 of [...]

The Federal Election Commission on Thursday released a proposed rule that would exempt certain "grassroots lobbying" communications from advertising restrictions imposed by the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) . BCRA prohibits interest groups funded by corporations or unions from airing television or radio advertisements two months before general elections or one month before primaries [...]