The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Lockhart v. US , a case in which it will decide whether the US government can use part of...
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Only days after President Bush nominated Judge Samuel Alito to a seat on the US Supreme Court , the group of 14 senators who helped diffuse a Senate showdown over judicial nominees showed signs of...
The Central Intelligence Agency has held and interrogated some of its most important al Qaeda suspects at a Soviet-era compound in Eastern Europe, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. According to current and former intelligence officials and diplomats...
Syria on Wednesday released 190 political prisoners, a move observers said was likely aimed at avoiding further confrontation with the US and UN. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered the pardons, which included some...
Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups Wednesday filed a joint petition demanding that the Israeli Air Force stop causing sonic booms over Gaza, calling supersonic flights over the area collective punishment against the civilian population in a...
The trial of 13 alleged members of the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group charged with conspiracy in the 2004 Madrid train bombings is set to begin Thursday in Brussels. The suspects, most of whom were...
A federal judge Wednesday refused to overturn the conviction of an aide to Osama bin Laden despite expressing doubts about the US government's handling of its case. US District Judge Kevin Duffy, in a 109-page ruling,...
The US military lawyer representing Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks on Wednesday requested an independent investigation into Hicks' allegations of abuse at the hands of prison officials. Hicks,...
The UN Human Rights Committee urged in a report Wednesday that Canada open an investigation into allegations that its law enforcement agencies cooperated in the torture of several Canadian citizens detained in Middle Eastern...
Arab nations are quietly pressing Syria to fully cooperate with the international investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri following Syria's criticism Tuesday of a UN resolution ...
