BBC News A US jury has convicted a Somali man of piracy for serving as a hostage negotiator during the hijacking of an American yacht. Mohammad Saaili Shibin was found guilty of piracy, kidnapping and hostage-taking over the 2011 hijacking…
BBC News The US House of Representatives has passed a cyber-security bill amid a veto threat from President Barack Obama. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Cispa), would allow the government to access web users’ private data on suspicion…
BBC News The US has formally sent to trial five suspected al-Qaeda militants believed to have planned the 9/11 terror attacks. The five Guantanamo Bay inmates, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be tried by a military commission. They…
BBC News The leader of a militia in the US state of Michigan and his son have pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a machine gun, days after sedition charges against them were dropped. The plea ends a six-week trial…
BBC News Seven members of a militia in the US state of Michigan have been acquitted of sedition and conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. Prosecutors argued the Hutaree group plotted to attack police, but defence lawyers said it…
BBC News The US Supreme Court has finished the first day of a landmark hearing on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reform. Twenty-six US states have brought the Republican-led challenge to the administration’s 2010 law. The act…
BBC News The lawyer for the family of an unarmed US black teenager killed by a neighbourhood watch volunteer has called for the man’s arrest. Trayvon Martin, 17, was killed by George Zimmerman, 28, while walking through a gated community…
BBC News The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in their homes remembers “very little” of the incident, his lawyer has said. John Henry Browne made the comments after he met Staff Sgt Robert Bales at a US…
BBC News Brazilian prosecutors say they will bring criminal charges against 17 executives from the US oil company Chevron and drilling contractor Transocean after a new leak of crude. The executives have been barred from leaving the country until the…
BBC News The actor was taking part in a protest to warn of a humanitarian crisis in the volatile border area between Sudan and South Sudan. His father, Nick, was also detained during the demonstration. Clooney is a keen Sudan…