Sunni Iraqi legislator Tayseer al-Mashhadani, kidnapped on July 1 by as-yet-identified captors, has been released on the eve of the launch of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's national reconciliation project announced earlier this summer. Al-Maliki described Saturday's release...
A Burundi politician whose statements about an alleged coup plot to overthrow the African nation's government led to a security crackdown told radio stations on Thursday that he was tortured by the Burundi police and intelligence bureau...
A judge in Kentucky Thursday dismissed with prejudice charges against Gov. Ernie Fletcher in the wake of a settlement agreement, meaning that prosecutors are barred from continuing the criminal case against Fletcher in connection...
South Africa's cabinet on Thursday sent a civil unions bill to the parliament that would place same-sex partnerships on equal footing with traditional marriages. The parliament is expected to approve the bill, which was mandated by a December 2005...
Negotiators for Maoist rebels in the Nepal constitutional talks expressed reservations Thursday that the draft interim constitution, to be presented Friday, does not address the key issue of whether the new government should retain elements of the former monarchical...
The UK Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) ruled Thursday to uphold the deportation order of an Algerian citizen known to the court as "Y," finding that Algeria has improved their human rights record so that the deportee's...
Government-sponsored mortgage dealer Fannie Mae announced Thursday that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has discontinued its two-year investigation into alleged accounting violations, though criminal prosecutions could still be brought against individual...
A High Court judge in London on Wednesday granted requests by Scotland Yard to extend the detentions of 9 of 11 uncharged suspects in custody in connection with an alleged airline bombing plot said to...
Telecom giant AT&T sued 25 "John Doe" defendants in US federal court on Wednesday, alleging that the defendants had posed as customers to obtain personal customer information for use in domestic and legal disputes. The...
Australian detainee David Hicks has been kept in solitary confinement at Guantanamo Bay for about five months and his health is deteriorating, Hicks' US military lawyer Major Michael Mori said Wednesday. Mori insisted...
