Syria has requested a formal "cooperation protocol" with the United Nations which would govern the country's assistance with a UN investigation into the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri . A draft given...
The Dutch Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that the Netherlands wants to secure a prisoners' rights guarantee in Afghanistan with its NATO allies, including the United States, before deciding whether to send additional...
New German chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday that she plans to revive the European constitution , on hold since French and Dutch voters rejected the charter earlier...
A US federal court jury Friday found against a former Salvadoran Army colonel , holding him responsible for murder and torture carried out during the El Salvador civil war in the 1980s. The jury heard...
The US House of Representatives voted Friday to repeal a trade program passed in 2000 which the World Trade Organization (WTO) has determined to be a violation of global trade laws . The Continued Dumping and...
A former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has called US Vice President Dick Cheney a "vice president for torture," saying that the Bush administration condones and even approves torture policies. Admiral Stansfield Turner,...
Iraqi Special Tribunal officials Thursday denied reports that Saddam Hussein was attacked and punched several times by two court clerks after he insulted two Shiite saints during an interrogation session. Chief prosecutor...
The US Department of Justice has downplayed the conclusions of a 51-page memo indicating that a Georgia voter identification law will harm black voters, saying the information was based on old data and...
A district court in Kiev Friday reinstated Svyatoslav Piskun as Ukraine's prosecutor general after Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko dismissed him last month. Piskun accused the president of terminating him because he began an investigation into...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Friday called for an international investigation into present conditions in Iraqi jails after 173 malnourished, beaten and possibly tortured detainees were found in a...
