International brief ~ Uganda military court defies constitutional court ruling
Leading Wednesday's international brief, Ugandan General Court Martial (GCM) Chairman Elly Tumwine has gone ahead with the trial of over 20 suspects accused of collaborating with Ugandan opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye on charges of terrorism and...
Western businesses burned and three people were killed Wednesday as Pakistanis took to the streets in a third day of protests over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad . A man was shot dead in Lahore as violent...
Canada Muslim groups seek charges for Muhammad cartoons publication
The Islamic Supreme Council of Canada (ISCC) has filed a complaint against the Canadian Western Standard magazine over its republication of Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Other Canadian media have refused...
Travel ban placed on Kenya officials as corruption inquiry continues
Kenyan police have placed a travel ban on more than 20 officials as investigations continue into government corruption. Police told some 20 officials allegedly linked to the Goldenberg affair , a multi-million gold and diamond scam, not to...
Sudan police have arrested five Sudanese human rights activists in the Darfur region and beat and arrested several Sudanese students who were rioting on the Juba University campus in Northern Khartoum, according to Amnesty International [advocacy...
Two Iraqis claiming they were beaten by British soldiers following a demonstration that turned violent in 2004 said Tuesday that they would sue the UK military over the incident. According to Bassem Shaker, one of the two, he was...
International brief ~ South Korea nominates its foreign minister to head UN
Leading Tuesday's international brief, South Korea has nominated its Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon as a candidate for the office of the UN Secretary-General . The office, currently held by Kofi Annan is up for...
Pakistani police gas, arrest students protesting Muhammad cartoons
Pakistani police Monday fired tear gas to stop approximately 7,000 students from protesting controversial and allegedly-blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have now been re-published in newspapers in Europe and around the world....
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown , widely expected to succeed Tony Blair as British Prime Minister before the next election if not sooner, delivered a major policy address Monday calling for a toughening-up of the...
Britain's Ministry of Defense has said it will launch an investigation into video images published Sunday in the British News of the World tabloid which show British soldiers beating four young Iraqi men they...
