GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) – Australian David Hicks has grown his hair to chest-length so he can use it to cover his eyes from the lights that shine in his Guantanamo prison cell all night, one of his lawyers said.Hicks believes he will be convicted at his …

Tribesmen in Pakistan’s tribal region bordering Afghanistan have promised not to shelter foreign militants.The assurance came as part of a deal signed by the government and local tribes in Bajaur agency. Unlike other controversial deals in the troubled Waziristan region nearby, this deal was with tribesmen not militants. The government …

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Sunday called on the new Palestinian government to meet international demands regarding Israel, and said he shared hopes for a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.