US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, denounced Tuesday the "radical" views of US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts and claimed that Roberts worked to reverse "decades...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan , in a report to the UN Security Council, has accused Sudanese rebels of taking part in kidnappings, extortions and thefts, causing the already unstable Darfur region to become even more...
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday authorized death sentences for three Iraqi men convicted of murder, paving the way for the first legal executions in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. Talabani, who has opposed...
Senior Teheran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi said Monday it was a lie that jailed Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji , who supporters claim has not eaten for 67 days, was on hunger strike. The situation involving Ganji has...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday ordered an investigation into the operations of the multi-billion dollar procurement division of the United Nations. Annan said UN Controller Warren Sachs would oversee the division while an independent commission probes earlier...
Indonesia and Muslim Aceh rebels on Monday signed a historic peace accord to end decades of fighting that killed thousands of people. Along with cessation of all hostilities, the separatists have dropped their long-held demands...
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said Monday that the country will hold a referendum on September 29 on a draft charter for peace and national reconciliation for those involved in the instability and conflicts of the last 13...
During a Sunday rally co-sponsored by the conservative Christian groups Family Research Council and Focus on the Family , leaders slammed "judicial tyranny" and said the goal of the event was to educate evangelical Christians about...
Shiite and Kurdish leaders said Monday that they are prepared to submit the draft of Iraq's new constitution to parliament, just meeting the August 15 deadline, even in the face of Sunni Arab objections. Though it...
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said Friday that he was astonished at the unanimity of a call by the International Atomic Energy Agency for Iran to stop enrichment activities, warning Western opposition that the...
