David Carmel, a former US Navy lieutenant was charged by the authorities for selling military laser-aiming devices. A federal grand jury indicted Carmel on three counts of stealing a PEQ from the US government.

A survey by the Death Penalty Information Centre shows, the majority of US people support the death penalty but nearly 40 % think that their moral beliefs would disqualify them from serving on a jury in a capital trial.

The foiled plot to blow up fuel tanks at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport is a big relief but certainly highlighted the vulnerability of much of the critical infrastructure on which the US aviation system relies.

Venezuelan students took the streets of the capital on 30 May for the third consecutive day, marching in protest against closure of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV). The protestors demanded the People's Ombudsman secure the immediate release of 182 students arrested during previous protests in Caracas...

A federal court in Brazil indicted two US pilots and four Brazilian air traffic controllers for manslaughter-related charges. Judge Murilo Mendes accepted the charges filed by a prosecutor last week (May 2007) in a federal court in Sinop, a small city near the Amazon jungle site where a Boeing jetliner...

One of the tree men suspected of being involved in 22 May’s deadly bank robbery on the South Side, Chicago will face federal charges soon, reported the authorities. One of the robbers is currently being investigated as the shooter of teller Tramaine Gibson, 23, who was killed after refusing to...

Latin America is a risky region for the journalists. In this part of the world, drug traffickers, guerrillas, death squads, and even uniformed government officers – all declared local and foreign journalists as their legitimate military targets.

The Rev. Jerry Falwell was hospitalized in "gravely serious" condition after being found unconscious Tuesday in his office at Liberty University, a school executive said.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and US President George W. Bush on Monday solemnly toasted the tight bonds between their countries, in the grandest White House dinner of Bush's administration.

WHITE HOUSE: President Bush is putting the finishing touches on a revised strategy for Iraq. There are indications he will call for a major short-term troop increase, as well as money for a massive job-training program.