Philippines ex-president charged with corruption, election fraud
Philippine authorities formally charged former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with electoral sabotage Saturday, a day after she was arrested on a warrant issued for charges of corruption and election fraud that occurred during...
Philippines ex-president arrested on fraud, corruption charges
Philippine authorities arrested former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Friday in response to a warrant issued that same day on charges of corruption and election fraud occurring during her time as president. Arroyo...
Philippine Supreme Court allows ex-president Arroyo to travel despite pending charges
The Philippine Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday allowing former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to leave the country despite accusations of corruption and electoral fraud. The court ruled 8 -...
Federal prosecutors in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York dropped all charges against al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in a filing made Friday. The judge...
US President Barack Obama announced Sunday night that earlier in the day a small team of US military personnel attacked a compound in which al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden had...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in two cases from the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit but denied review of three Guantanamo cases [JURIST...
JURIST Guest Columnists Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman of New England School of Law say if Congress wants to reverse the recent trend of being a bystander to critical national security policymaking, it must work with the president to create...
Federal judge rules US may continue holding Yemeni Guantanamo detainee
A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday denied a Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee's habeas corpus petition on its merits, allowing the US government to prolong...
Islamic charity seeks summary judgment on NSA wiretapping case
The Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation on Wednesday filed a request for partial summary judgment concluding that the National Security Agency (NSA) illegally wiretapped several conversations between the charity and its...
Former British attorney general Peter Goldsmith on Monday urged the UK and other European states to create an "international coalition" to assist the US in closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility as soon as possible. Goldsmith said...
