Lakhdar Boumediene is one of five Bosnian detainees that was released from Guantanamo Bay after being held captive for seven years. The ruling was handed down by Judge Richard Leon ...

Nebojsa Medojevic politician in Montenegro who came in third place during the 2008 presidential elections. He is the president of the Movement for Changes (PZP), a political party that favors ...

Ratko Mladic is a former military commander of Bosnian Serb forces who was charged in 1995 with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for ...

Bosniaks is the official term for the Muslim cultural group living in present day Bosnia-Herzogovina. Once called Bosnian Muslims, Bosniaks today make up 44% of the present day population of ...

One of the six federal units which comprised the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina declared their independence in March 1992.CIA World Factbook: Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia ...

Former Bosnian Serb leader and wanted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic was arrested in Serbia on July 21, 2008. Karadzic had evaded capture since 1995, and was turned over to ...

Pink Panthers is the nickname of a group of jewel thieves. They are believed to have been involved in several high-profile thefts. On March 18, 2009, police arrested a man ...

Long-time U.S. ambassador Richard Holbrooke was appointed by Barack Obama to serve as his administration's Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Holbrooke has worked as Assistant Secretary of ...