The top US Central Intelligence Agency counter-terrorism official was fired last week because he expressed opposition to CIA rendition practices in sending al Qaeda suspects to secret prisons for interrogation, according to intelligence sources...
Saddam Hussein returned to court in Baghdad Monday, though he claimed in several outbursts that his appearance was forced. The former Iraqi dictator called the court trying him for crimes against humanity a "game" because it...
Lawyers representing a group of hurricane victims in New Orleans have asked a US federal judge to grant a temporary restraining order preventing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from evicting 12,000 families still left homeless from...
US military forces are increasing efforts to establish a proper professional police force in Iraq , but it will take time to overcome issues in the current force including corruption, low morale, and incompetence, according to the...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko recommended to the Ukrainian Parliament that a committee be formed to draft a new constitution during his state of the union address on Thursday. Yushchenko...
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday ordered the release of Moroccan-born Mounir al-Motassadeq , who was convicted last year in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks ,...
Officials from over 100 countries are meeting in Geneva this week to discuss strengthening a United Nations treaty which controls the use of tobacco products worldwide. The two-week conference is underway to determine further provisions for the World Health...
Slovak Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda has decided to abandon an agreement with the Vatican , prompting a major breakdown in the Slovak government with the Christian Democrat Movement (KDH)...
Russia's Chief Military Prosecutor on Monday told the Federation Council , the upper house of parliament, that approximately 6,000 people were abused by Russian military personnel last year and 2,600 soldiers were convicted of abusing other soldiers [JURIST...
Zacarias Moussaoui was escorted from a Virginia courtroom Monday after an argument with US District Judge Leonie Brinkema during the first few minutes of jury selection in his sentencing trial . Moussaoui declared...
