New court documents have been released outlining potential arguments to be made during the penalty phase of proceedings against 9/11 suspect Zacarias Moussaoui . According to the transcript of an October hearing recently unsealed, prosecutors will argue...
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US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales promised his Australian counterpart Philip Ruddock Monday that Australian terror suspect David Hicks would receive a fair trial before a military commission , but refused to give...
Last week's ruling by the European Court of Human Rights upholding Turkey's ban on headscarves in public universities, has led to confrontation between the Islamic government and the law's secular proponents. Turkish...
US National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley refused to rule out the possibility that torture would be used to prevent a future terrorist attack, during an appearance Sunday on CNN's Late Edition, but maintained that the...
The Japanese Health and Welfare Ministry announced Tuesday it plans to appeal a court ruling requiring the nation to pay compensation to former Taiwanese leprosy patients who were incarcerated during Japanese colonial rule,...
Americans went to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in off-year elections. Voters in New Jersey and Virginia are electing new governors , while 39 ballot measures are up for approval in seven states : California, Maine,...
The US Department of State on Tuesday is releasing its annual list of states considered to be serious violators of religious freedoms, opening the named states to potential sanctions. Officials say countries deemed to be "of particular concern"...
Members of the United Nations Security Council and General Assembly elected five judges to the fifteen member International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday. The ICJ is the UN's highest court and settles disputes between...
France's Interior Ministry announced Tuesday that the government has authorized local officials to use emergency powers to help deal with riots that have broken out across the country over the past...
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair urged British members of Parliament Monday "not to compromise with the nation's security" by reducing a proposed legislative 90-day time limit for detaining terror suspects without charge recommended by London's...
