The US Senate Monday afternoon will take up the confirmation of Chief Justice nominee Judge John Roberts , with two-thirds of the 100 senators having already announced their support. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend Roberts...
The Bush administration may again decide to temporarily suspend the Jones Act in order to facilitate petroleum shipments between US ports if Hurricane Rita hinders supplies from reaching refineries, according to a government source Friday. The...
The European Union Friday presented a motion to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna that would condemn Iran's nuclear program as a violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty , but would...
Diplomats said Friday that a French-led working group of the UN Human Rights Committee has completed drafting a treaty that would bind signing countries to prevent enforced or involuntary disappearances , calling them "crimes against humanity"....
A federal district court sided with two national gun rights groups Friday by issuing a restraining order to stop Louisiana law enforcement officials from taking weapons away from individual gun-owners in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
A North Korean official said Friday that his country has "fully resolved" all issues regarding North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens , and would not cooperate in any further investigations regarding missing Japanese nationals...
The European Commission Friday strongly condemned a Turkish court's decision to cancel an academic conference to discuss and question the accuracy of Turkey's version of events between 1915 and 1917 leading to 1.5 million deaths in what...
Human Rights Watch has accused prison officials at the New Orleans Templeman III prison facility of leaving hundreds of inmates to fend for themselves during Hurricane Katrina , calling the prisoners' experience...
A British Muslim man was found guilty in London Friday for "possessing articles useful for terrorists" including a hand-written instruction manual explaining how to fire mortars and secret codes that British police linked to al Qaeda. Andrew Rowe [BBC...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the nomination of Judge John Roberts as Chief Justice of the United States by a vote of 13-5 with all Republican members voting for and five Democrats voting against....
