Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association nominated former judge Wajeehuddin Ahmed on Monday to run in the upcoming presidential election against current Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf . Musharraf's eligibility to run is still being contested, despite the Supreme Court...
The UN on Wednesday again rejected Taiwan's 15th bid for UN membership , as a UN committee balked at placing the issue on the General Assembly's agenda. Taiwan, which officially refers to itself as the Republic of China...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday urged the government of Turkey to remove the current ban on the wearing of headscarves at state universities , saying that the ban effectively denies some Muslim women access...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the US and nine other countries to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty on Tuesday, saying that the ratification would "move us toward the larger goals of ridding the...
Peruvian President Alan Garcia criticized the Supreme Court of Chile on Tuesday for delaying until after September 19 its ruling on whether to allow the extradition of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori ....
The directors of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and National Security Agency (NSA) have said that a July 20 appeals court decision mandating the disclosure to federal appeals...
Tennessee executed a condemned man by electric chair on Wednesday, the first execution by electrocution in the state since 1960. Daryl Holton, who confessed to the 1997 murder of his three sons and their...
Ousted Philippines president Joseph Estrada was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after being convicted on "plunder" charges stemming from kickbacks he received while in office. Plunder was formerly a capital offense, but the Philippines abolished...
US President George W. Bush has narrowed the list of candidates to replace outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales , with officials indicating that former Solicitor General Theodore Olson is one of the top...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation on Wednesday, citing problems renewing a Japanese anti-terrorism law. His office also cited health reasons. At a news conference, Abe said...
