Spain’s National Court convicted five people for their involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings on charges of supporting terrorist groups that planned attacks.
Bassin Zim Education & Development Fund, a non-profit that provides aid to disaster victims and supports agricultural projects in Haiti, has launched a special earthquake relief drive.
Venezuelan soldiers closed dozens of retail outlets for price-gouging after a currency devaluation that triggered a frenzy of shopping but met with favor by international markets.
The US filed a new indictment against alleged Somali pirate Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, claiming that he led the takeover of two additional ships. Muse pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Spanish Judge Fernando Grande-Marlaska ruled that Basque separatist group ETA had tried three times to assassinate former Spanish prime minister José Maria Aznar in 2001.
Jean-Francois Cope, leader of France’s conservative party, introduced legislation that would ban wearing of the burqa in public and make it punishable by 750 euros.
David L. Wilson of Weekly News Update on the Americas reports from stricken Port-au-Prince in the wake of the devastating earthquake.
Lawyers for former Guantánamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani argued that the charges against their client should be dismissed on the basis that he was denied his right to a speedy trial.
A military judge ruled that the trials for two Navy SEALs accused in the assault of an Iraqi prisoner will be held on a US military base in Iraq in order for the victim to be questioned.
A member of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family was found innocent of the torture and rape of an Afghan national in a case that was an international embarrassment for the United Arab Emirates.
Iran’s Prosecutor General Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei called for sedition trials against leaders of the protests following last June’s contested presidential election.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans for construction of a fence along Israel’s border with Egypt “to close Israel’s southern border to infiltrators and terrorists.”
