In his weekly radio address Saturday President Bush urged the US Senate to vote on his nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court, insisting that senators had a "constitutional responsibility"...
A senior Hamas official speaking in Jerusalem has said that introducing Islamic sharia as "a source of law" in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be "the No. 1 thing we will do" when Hamas takes...
Senoir US Senate Democrats John Kerry (MA) , Patrick Leahy (VT) , and Russ Feingold (WI) have introduced a bill to limit expense-paid trips for federal judges underwritten by...
Arizona state legislator David Burnell Smith became the first US lawmaker removed from office for violating a states public campaign financing rules when the Arizona Supreme Court declined Thursday to stay an...
A European diplomat said Saturday that Russia will not likely support last week's draft resolution that would refer Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear program unless there is...
Many Iraqis who voted for the new constitution in the October referendum have begun to call for amendments to its vague and controversial provisions. Those calling for amendments are concerned with the...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday indicated he plans to reject a second interview request from UN investigators running the probe into the bus bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . Assad...
The US Department of Defense announced Friday that it has brought charges against a tenth Guantanamo Bay detainee. Abdul Zahir has been formally charged with conspiracy, aiding the enemy and attacking civilians,...
A Chilean appeals court Friday stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity so he can face charges involving the torture of thousands of people at Villa Grimaldi , an infamous political detention center...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw denied Friday that he withheld any information from Parliament concerning Britain's involvement in secret CIA rendition flights and also said that there had not been any flights through Britain...
