The two major opposition parties in Nigeria and an election watch group on Sunday challenged the legitimacy of the country's Saturday presidential elections, reporting voting delays and potential ballot-rigging in favor of the People's Democratic Party...
Former chess champion and liberal United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov has accused Russian police of "brutality" after meeting with Kremlin officials Friday to give an account of his treatment at...
A US federal jury in Louisiana Monday awarded $2.8 million in damages and penalties to an Allstate Insurance Co. policyholder in the second federal lawsuit to go to trial involving Louisiana homeowners affected by the Hurricane Katrina...
Guantanamo Bay military prison detainee Abu Zubaydah denied accusations of al-Qaeda involvement and made allegations of torture, according to a transcript released Monday of his March 27 testimony before a US Combatant Status...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee Monday postponed until Thursday the scheduled Tuesday testimony of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales regarding his role in the firings of eight US Attorneys [JURIST...
Elections of governors and state officials in Nigeria Saturday were marred by violence and accusations of fraud in what has been called an "experiment" as the nation prepares for next week's presidential election . Newspapers...
A overwhelming majority of referendum voters in Ecuador Sunday appear to have approved the convening of a constitutional assembly to rewrite that nation's constitution , according to a Cedatos-Gallup exit poll. A plan initiated...
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Friday banned the Social Democratic Party of Russia for failure to follow regulations. The Court upheld a judgment in favor of the Russian Registration...
Two former administrators at a Texas juvenile prison were arrested Tuesday on 13 charges of improper sexual conduct with six students. Former West Texas State School principal John Paul Hernandez and former assistant superintendent Ray...
The government of Ethiopia admitted in a statement from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Tuesday that it had detained 41 terror suspects and granted foreign investigators access to the detainees for questioning....
