Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand Thursday from self-imposed exile to face corruption charges laid against him after he was ousted in a military coup in September 2006. Thai...
Chadian President Idriss Deby agreed to an international investigation into allegations of abuse of power during a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy Wednesday. The decision follows accusations...
Egyptian police arrested 25 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood Wednesday, following the arrest of 17 members on Tuesday. Muslim Brotherhood members believe the arrests targeted potential candidates for the upcoming April 8 provincial council...
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey made his first visit to the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay Wednesday, where he met with military and Justice Department officials working on the military...
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that a 2006 North-Rhine Westphalia law authorizing intelligence agents to search personal computers, networks, and Internet communications was unconstitutional. The court ruled [text, in German; press...
An Afghan journalist working as a cameraman for Canadian television network CTV has been designated as an enemy combatant , a US military spokesperson said Wednesday. US officials alleged that Jawed Ahmad [SAJA report; CPJ...
Sudanese President Omar El Bashir Wednesday addressed a massive rally in Khartoum protesting the reprinting of a cartoon depiction of the Muslim prophet Muhammad by Jyllands-Poste earlier this month, saying that he would...
The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday refused to say whether the White House had pressured the agency to reject California's request for a waiver that would have allowed the state to impose stricter greenhouse gas...
Iraq's Presidency Council Wednesday rejected a draft provincial elections law that detailed the relationship between Iraq's central and local governments, sending the legislation back to the Iraqi Council of Representatives . The draft law was part...
The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker 07-219, where the Court considered the punitive damages to be paid by Exxon Mobil...