The US military said Monday it plans to release Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein from custody Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Douglas M. Stone, the deputy commanding general for detainee operations, Multi-National ForceIraq [official...
Myanmar is completely ill-prepared to hold a national constitutional referendum as part of a democratic political transition, UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Paulo Sergio Pinheiro told Reuters in an interview Monday. Myanmar's 45-member Referendum Holding...
The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari in two cases , including Van de Kamp and Livesay v. Goldstein (07-854) , in which the Court will consider the legal...
Leftist legislators continued demonstrations Monday in both houses of the Mexican Congress to protest an energy reform bill sent by Mexican President Felipe Calderon to the Mexican Senate last week. Members...
The Canadian Department of Justice has moved to block a Canadian Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) public hearing investigating the country's military detainee transfer process in Afghanistan , the Globe and Mail reported...
Zimbabwe's High Court rejected a bid Monday by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to compel the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission (ZEC) to immediately release the results of the country's March 29 presidential election . Last...
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Jakob Kellenberger on Monday urged the US military to allow the introduction of outside evidence during enemy combatant review hearings at the Bagram Temporary Internment Facility . Kellenberger, who...
Three Indonesian Islamic militants sentenced to death for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings told the lead prosecutor in the case that they will not seek a presidential pardon after they exhaust the appeals process,...
The Philippine government delegation to the United Nations in Geneva said Monday that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will soon begin the process of signing and ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture...
A four-member Iraqi judiciary panel dismissed the last remaining charge against Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein on Sunday and recommended the US release him from custody immediately. The US said this weekend that it...