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The cabinet of the Somali transitional government approved a new anti-terrorism law allowing sentences of life imprisonment or execution for engaging in or funding terrorist activity, Somalia's Information Minister Madow Nunow Mohamed announced Monday. The law, which...

The government of Canada ordered an official inquiry Tuesday into whether detainees in Afghanistan were abused while in Canadian custody. The probe began following a civilian complaint filed by Amir Attaran...

French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy Monday cautioned countries against the illegal and unacceptable use of child soldiers in armed conflicts at the opening of Free Children from War , a two-day global conference in Paris drawing...

The Somali transitional government on Tuesday began imposing martial law over areas under the government's control, two weeks after martial law was approved by parliament . Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi made the announcement late Tuesday...

Somalia's transitional parliament voted Saturday to authorize the government to declare martial law in the troubled east African country. The authorization and the accompanying declaration of a state of emergency followed Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Ghedi's Thursday...

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed , one of the FBI's most wanted terror fugitives, was the target of two US air strikes in Somalia on Monday. Believed to be a member of al-Qaida and to have trained with...

Somalia Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Ghedi announced Thursday that Somalia’s parliament will declare 3 months of martial law starting Saturday, in the hope of reestablishing order following the fleeing from Mogadishu of militias seeking to establish Islamic...

Rogelio Pfirter , director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has urged North Korea and several Middle Eastern countries, including Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Syria, to join the Chemical Weapons...

Four US Army soldiers charged with the premeditated murder of Iraqi detainees refused to testify during their Article 32 hearing Thursday, following the lead of several superior officers who invoked their right not to...

A US military court on Tuesday began Article 32 hearings, similar to civil grand jury proceedings, to determine whether four Army soldiers charged with premeditated murder of Iraqi detainees will face courts-martial. The...