The legislative committee of the Israeli cabinet rejected a bill that would make a loyalty oath to a “Jewish, Zionist and democratic” Israel a prerequisite to the issuance of a national ID card.
“What we are not doing—what I have no interest in doing—is running GM,” President Obama assured upon announcing the government’s large ownership stake in the reorganized General Motors.
The US Supreme Court issued an order allowing the government more time to appeal a ruling that mandates release of photos allegedly depicting detainee abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Canadian Guantánamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr asked to have his US military lawyers dismissed for arguing and disagreeing among themselves.
Scott Roeder, arrested in the slaying of Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller, is a member of the Montana Freemen, and apparently chose to act on the anniversary of the arrest of Eric Rudolph.
The UN Human Rights Council dropped an EU draft resolution calling for a probe of war crimes during Sri Lanka’s recently-concluded war on the Tamil Tigers, instead adopting Sri Lanka’s own draft.
Georgian troops rounded up month-long military exercises at Vaziani military base that have angered Russia. The month of the exercises saw a protest campaign and apparent Moscow-backed coup attempt
The Obama administration urged the Supreme Court to reject a petition filed by 14 Chinese Uighurs held at Guantánamo Bay seeking their release.
The UK’s Defense Ministry admitted that their pilots in Afghanistan are firing an increasing number of “enhanced blast” thermobaric weapons, designed to kill everyone in buildings they strike.
Three men were hanged for their supposed involvement in a May 28 bomb attack that killed 25 and injured over 100 at a mosque in Iran’s eastern city of Zahedan, Baluchistan province.
Our May issue featured “The Voice of Free Somaliland,” an interview with Dr. Saad Noor, North American representative of the Republic of Somaliland—a stable, secular de facto independent country in what is known in the media (none too accurately) as… Read moreFree Somaliland: Our readers write
The 24-hour curfew in Pakistan’s embattled Swat Valley has led to severe shortages of food, water and medicines, creating a humanitarian crisis, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
