The German Bundesrat , the upper house of parliament, approved a landmark package of constitutional reforms aimed at separating and clarifying the powers of the federal and state governments. The legislation passed the lower...
David Hicks , the Australian-born terror suspect held at Guantanamo Bay , told family members that conditions at the detention center have worsened in the wake of three detainee suicides in June, Hicks'...
The new center-left government under Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi is considering granting citizenship to immigrants who have legally resided in Italy for five or more years, Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato said...
Tariq Aziz , the Iraqi deputy prime minister under Saddam Hussein's regime, has gone on hunger strike to protest the refusal of prison authorities to grant him access to his lawyer, a member of his...
US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and Gen. George Casey , commander of US forces in Iraq, have promised an open investigation into the rape and murder of a young woman and her family in Mahmudiya [JURIST news...
The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday denounced recent Israeli military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and voted to approve a resolution calling on Israelis and Palestinians to refrain from...
Mexican ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon narrowly won Sunday's presidential election with some 220,000 votes more than leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , according to...
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has criticized Iraq's recently-announced most-wanted list , implicitly taking National Security Adviser Mowafaq al-Rubai'i to task for including two women, Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter Raghad and...
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a record-setting jury verdict that had awarded $145 billion in punitive damages in a class action challenge brought by smokers against tobacco companies. The Court vacated...
North Korea on Thursday claimed it has a "legal right" to build and test missiles in an effort to strengthen self-defense, in a statement from the foreign ministry which also confirmed that the country test-launched seven...
