The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has modified its Automated Targeting System to limit its ability to track persons who may be considered a security threat when they travel abroad. Under regulations that went into effect late last week, DHS will now hold risk assessments of those traveling abroad who may pose a potential [...]

The Bangladeshi interim government lifted the complete ban on all indoor political activity Monday, ahead of scheduled voting reforms talks between the country's election commission and its political parties. The ban was issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs in March 2007, extending the January 11 state of emergency order by President Iajuddin Ahmed which [...]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that he would resign if parliament refuses to extend a special anti-terrorism law. Abe faces opposition from the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) , which has criticized Abe's ability to function and have threatened to veto the renewal of the legislation. The Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law , originally [...]

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Sunday voiced his disapproval of an administrative decision allowing Muslim women to wear veils and burqas while voting in upcoming by-elections in the province of Quebec. Elections Canada , an independent body that oversees national elections, announced Thursday that Muslim women will be allowed to wear traditional Muslim niqabs or [...]

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega will remain in a US federal prison until all appeals relating to an extradition request by France have been exhausted, despite his originally-scheduled September 9 release date , the US Department of State said Friday. Ultimately, the State Department will issue the final order on France's extradition requests. US District [...]

Israeli police have arrested a gang of neo-Nazis accused of attacking foreigners, homosexuals and Jewish people last month, according to weekend media reports. Each member of the gang, comprised of eight young men between the ages of 16-21, are Israeli citizens who immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union under the Law of Return [...]

Pakistan Monday deported former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to Saudi Arabia shortly after Sharif's attempted return from exile. Sharif was arrested on corruption and money laundering charges shortly after landing in the country on a flight from London. He chose detention over continued exile but then was put on an airplane back to Saudi [...]

Iran Sunday dismissed a ruling by a US federal judge requiring Iran to compensate the families of 241 US military personnel killed in the 1983 bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut , calling the ruling "baseless" and "politically motivated." On Friday, US District Judge Royce Lamberth awarded $2.65 billion in compensation to the [...]

California officials have finished notifying 2.741 paroled sex offenders residing in California that they must move pursuant to Proposition 83 , a law prohibiting California sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of any place where children regularly gather, such as schools and parks. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation notified all of the [...]

Pakistani security officials have detained more than 2,000 supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ahead of Sharif's return from exile, Sharif spokesperson Ahsan Iqbal said Sunday. Sharif, who has been living in exile after being deposed in a 1999 military coup led by current Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf , is expected to return to [...]