Negotiations for the return of Saudi Arabian detainees from US custody at Guantanamo Bay have reached "an advanced stage", according to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal speaking at a press conference in Jeddah Tuesday. There are currently 121 Saudis among the 505 detainees remaining at Gitmo. Five Saudi detainees were released earlier this month, [...]

Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel Tuesday called a televised statement by Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez "criminal" and said that Robertson's comments were "terrorist statements." Speaking Monday on the Christian Broadcast Network's The 700 Club , Robertson suggested that US agents assassinate Chavez in order [...]

In a meeting Tuesday with his lawyer and the judge investigating charges against him, ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein confirmed that he has reduced his legal team to one lawyer. As previously claimed in a statement by Hussein's family , Hussein said that he will now be represented by Iraqi Khalil Dulaimi, formerly a member [...]

A US Army interrogator pleaded guilty Tuesday to dereliction of duty and assault of 22-year old Afghan detainee Dilawar , who died in December 2002 at Bagram Control Point near Kabul. Spc. Glendale C. Walls admitted to pushing Dilawar during interrogation and watching former Sgt. Selena M. Salcedo and former Spc. Joshua R. Claus abuse [...]

The Kenyan government released the final draft of the country's new constitution Tuesday, amidst protests from those upset with President Mwai Kibaki for his failure to limit any of his over-reaching presidential powers in the new constitution. The Kenyan Electoral Commission will set a national referendum for November in which the 197 page draft will [...]

The Indonesian government and separatist rebels in the province of Aceh are disputing the jurisdiction of the human rights tribunal to be established under their newly signed peace accord . The Indonesian government believes the tribunal is being created for "future needs, not for the past," and does not want the court to try cases [...]

Lawyers for Moroccan-born Mounir al-Motassadeq , who was convicted by a German court last week for his involvement with the 9/11 attacks, said Tuesday that they have appealed the conviction. Motassadeq's lawyers claim the evidence linking him to the attacks was circumstantial and that he was not involved in the Hamburg-based terror cell of hijacker [...]

Former Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Nikolai Tanayev on Tuesday denied corruption allegations that were made during the March uprisings that ousted him and former President Askar Akayev from office . Tanayev has been accused of using government money improperly, including buying expensive cars for government officials and funding Akayev's presidential library. An arrest warrant was issued [...]

The US Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday filed fraud charges against two former Kmart executives for misleading investors about Kmart's financial future before the company filed for bankruptcy in January 2002. Former Chief Executive Officer Charles C. Conaway and former Chief Financial Officer John T. McDonald allegedly disclosed "materially false and misleading" information about the [...]

Mikhail Khodorkovsky , the former head of Russian oil company Yukos who is currently serving a 9-year prison sentence for fraud and tax evasion, plans to run for the State Duma , the lower house of the Russian Parliament, his lawyer said Tuesday. Ivan Starikov, a senior member of the liberal Union of the Right [...]