A same-sex couple argued in court in Boston Monday that a 1913 Massachusetts law should not prevent them from marrying in the state because statutes in their home state of Rhode Island do not explicitly ban gay marriage....
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued 50% fewer warning letters to companies violating federal drug and safety regulations in the past five years under the Bush administration, according to a report ...
The UK Foreign Office has said that the United Kingdom will not petition the US to release Australian national David Hicks from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay . Hicks,...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki addressed the Iraqi parliament Sunday on a new national reconciliation plan which he hopes will end the Sunni insurgency and sectarian killings that have hindered reconstruction...
Italians headed to the polls Sunday to begin voting on a constitutional amendment package which would give more power to the prime minister and decrease the size of parliament, in the largest set of proposed changes to the Italian...
Fourteen more Saudi Arabian nationals being held at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay were sent back to their home country Saturday, according to a statement by the US Department of Defense ....
Citizens of the north African state of Mauritania voted Sunday on a constitutional amendment that would limit the number of terms that a president can serve. The vote follows a successful coup attempt...
The US Office of Military Commissions has delayed a pretrial hearing for Omar Khadr , a Canadian citizen and Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with killing a US Special Forces soldier...
Egyptian police Monday arrested 31 additional members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, bringing the total number of members arrested to 700, according to officers speaking on condition of anonymity. The members were arrested for...
An opposition activist who was critical of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during his most recent presidential campaign has been sentenced to three years in jail by a Belarus court. Nikolai...
