US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Wednesday acknowledged the United States' use of rendition flights but said that rendition was never used to transport a suspect to another country for the purpose of...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented his recommendations for a global counter-terrorism strategy to the UN General Assembly Tuesday, emphasizing the need to respect human rights in all aspects of anti-terrorism policy and practice....
A spokesman for President Vicente Fox said Tuesday that the Mexican leader will sign a controversial new law legalizing the possession of small portions of such traditionally-illegal drugs as heroin, cocaine and marijuana. The legislation...
European and US envoys meeting in Paris Tuesday discussed a new UN Security Council resolution that would invoke Chapter 7 of the UN Charter in another effort to get Iran to stop uranium enrichment. The Council...
A US military commission at Guantanamo Bay holding a pre-trial hearing in the case against Algerian detainee Sufyian Barhoumi Wednesday rejected his motion to be moved to a less restrictive detention area. Barhoumi,...
The European Commission Wednesday adopted a proposal for a directive setting EU-wide criminal penalties for counterfeiting and other intellectual property offenses. If adopted in legislation by the European Parliament , the directive requiring...
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke sparred Tuesday with a former South African chief justice chairing an independent panel of inquiry into UK terrorism laws as Clarke testified on government policies that limit civil liberties. The two...
French authorities are charging six former French Guantanamo Bay detainees with terrorism-related crimes, according to officials cited by AFP. The men are Nizar Sassi, Khaled Ben Mustapha, Redouane Khalid, Brahim Yadel, Imad Achab Kanouni, and...
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke has insisted he will not resign despite admitting Tuesday to a "shocking administrative blunder" that resulted in the release of 1023 foreign criminals in the past seven years who were to...
The chief military prosecutor for Guantanamo Bay , USAF Col. Morris Davis , Monday announced plans to charge an additional two dozen Guantanamo detainees and to seek the death penalty against several. Three of the...