Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that a law permitting the German air force to shoot down hijacked planes to prevent a suicide attack was unconstitutional ,...

The US government has formally requested the extradition from Canada of Canadian citizen Abdullah Khadr , a week after indicting him on charges of procuring weapons to...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, Ugandan General Court Martial (GCM) Chairman Elly Tumwine has gone ahead with the trial of over 20 suspects accused of collaborating with Ugandan opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye on charges of terrorism and...

Previously unpublished photographs and video depicting alleged abuse of prisoners by US personnel at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison were shown on Australian television Wednesday. In an effort to expose "the extent of the horror...

The number of alleged international terrorism suspects named in a centralized US database has more than quadrupled since the list's inception in 2003, according to a report in Wednesday's Washington Post. The list, compiled by the National Counterterrorism Center...

A Jordan military court on Wednesday sentenced Abu Musab al-Zarqawi , the alleged head of al Qaeda in Iraq, and eight other men to death for conspiring to attack several sites in Jordan with explosives and toxic chemicals....

Western businesses burned and three people were killed Wednesday as Pakistanis took to the streets in a third day of protests over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad . A man was shot dead in Lahore as violent...

Microsoft must provide a written answer to EU complaints that it has failed to comply with an antitrust ruling against the software giant by midnight European time Wednesday or risk daily fines of up to 2...

British MPs voted Tuesday by an overwhelming margin to ban smoking in all public enclosed spaces beginning in the summer of 2007. Prime Minister Tony Blair , Chancellor Gordon Brown , and Home Secretary Charles Clark...

US senators late Tuesday failed to overcome an objection effectively killing a bill designed to avoid costly asbestos litigation by creating a special fund to compensate asbestos victims . The objection, raised by Senator John Ensign (R-NV)...