The Swiss Federal Council announced that it would accept two Uighur detainees from Guantánamo Bay, despite warnings from China that the move would hurt relations.
Under pressure from Republicans for a military tribunals, Attorney General Eric Holder defended his decision to charge the suspected “Christmas Day bomber” in federal court.
The deaths of three US Special Forces troops in a Taliban suicide attack in Pakistan reveal the existence of a military assistance program that authorities have sought to keep quiet.
The International Criminal Court’s Appeals Chamber reversed a Pre-Trial Chamber decision that denied the application for genocide charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
The US and Russia have reached an agreement for the first nuclear weapons treaty since 1991, calling for reductions in both the number of warheads and delivery systems.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the 22-year prison term for so-called “millennium bomber” Ahmed Ressam, finding that a district court imposed a too lenient sentence.
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction against an Oklahoma anti-immigrant law, but did permit the state to enact provisions mandating employer use of E-Verify.
In Mexico’s first major demonstration of 2010, thousands of unionists and campesinos marched on the capital’s main plaza, continuing a tradition of annual protests against NAFTA.
US federal magistrate G. Mallon Faircloth surprised observers by sentencing three activists to six-month prison terms for trespassing on the US Army’s Fort Benning base.
The Nigeria-based Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project called upon the International Criminal Court to open an inquiry into the deadly sectarian vioelnce in Jos.
Canadian citizen Maher Arar asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that he cannot sue the US for damages based on his detention and torture after he was mistakenly “renditioned.”
President Barack Obama is set to boost funding for nuclear weapons programs next year by more than $7 billion, an increase of $624 million from FY 2010.
