Opposition parties in Kazakhstan on Sunday announced they have challenged the results of an election on Dec. 4 that saw President Nursultan Nazarbayev win another term. According to the opposition group "For a free Kazakhstan," it filed an appeal with the country's supreme court to have the results overturned. The results certified by the Central [...]

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A Jordan military court on Sunday sentenced al Qaeda's chief in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and two others to death for a failed suicide bombing on the country's border with Iraq last year. Al-Zarqawi and one of the other suspects were sentenced in absentia, but the third, Saudi Fahd Noman Suwelim al-Feheiqi, was present for [...]

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Citizens of Congo went to the polls Sunday for the first time in more than 30 years to vote on a draft constitution that could secure lasting peace in the country. Many of the 24 million registered voters in the country lined up outside polling stations early in the morning, with some banging on the [...]

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The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved by voice vote the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2005 , which will extend for two years the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 , under which the federal government guarantees insurance coverage for catastrophic losses caused by terror attacks. The renewal legislation also passed by [...]

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US government attorneys have asked the US Supreme Court to deny certiorari in the Jose Padilla case , where the court would decide whether an enemy combatant can be held indefinitely without charge. Padilla, the so-called dirty bomber, was detained in 2002 and had challenged his continued detention with the US Court of Appeals for [...]

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