The US Senate Judiciary Committee Monday sent a letter to a former federal prosecutor, asking him to speak with investigators looking into the recent US Attorney firing scandal and a possible link to voter...
A committee struck to reform Iraq's constitution said Tuesday it planned to have its recommendations ready to go before the Iraqi parliament next week. The 31-member committee, which includes Shiites, Sunni Arabs and ethnic Kurds, must...
German president Horst Koehler has refused to grant a plea for clemency from an imprisoned former terrorist, his office said Monday. Christian Klar , eligible for parole in 2009, was a member of the...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) will not try to block Congress's decision to grant immunity to former DOJ official Monica Goodling to testify about the firing of eight US Attorneys , according to...
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed arrived in Bangladesh Monday after the government last week lifted a ban against her returning to the country. When asked if she feared arrest on her return, Hasina...
Gen. David Petraeus , the top commanding officer of US troops in Iraq, told a gathering of reporters Monday that he was "greatly concerned" by a survey released by the Pentagon Friday that revealed many...
An Italian judge Friday rejected government arguments that Italian prosecutors had overstepped their authority in bringing charges against 26 US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents and two former Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko Friday appointed a new judge to the nation's Constitutional Court , the second such appointment in two days. Stepan Havrysh and Vasyl Kostytsky will replace two...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday ruled that Poland violated the rights of a group of gay rights activists by refusing to authorize a 2005 rally in Warsaw....
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was arrested by authorities upon being returned to his home country of Morocco has been released from custody, relatives reported. Criminal charges against Ahmed Errachidi were...
