It was reported Monday that the US will retain control of non-Afghan detainees at Parwan Detention Center at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, despite plans to transfer control of the facility...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday urged the government of Kyrgyzstan to ensure the protection of human rights and the rule of law....

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday struck down a New York City Department of Health regulation requiring stores to display graphic anti-tobacco ads where tobacco products...

Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the left wing party Partido de la Revolucion Democratica (PRD) announced Monday that he will challenge recent election results in court [press release,...

A Ukrainian court in the city of Kharkiv on Tuesday ruled that the tax evasion trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko would be delayed until July 23 due to Tymoshenko's inability to attend...

The online encyclopedia Wikipedia on Tuesday closed its Russian version of the site in protest of a controversial Internet regulation bill to be considered by the State Duma ...

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was acquitted of two major counts of corruption but found guilty of a third lesser charge on Tuesday in the culmination of a three-year trial. In a 700-page...

The Russian Duma on Tuesday ratified an agreement with the US related to adoption of Russian children by Americans. In a 244-96-2 vote, the nation's legislature agreed to ratify the agreement [materials, in...

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Tuesday defended the 500 billion euro (USD $632 billion) European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the fiscal pact before the nation's Constitutional Court . He...

A federal hearing officer has recommended that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Chicago uphold its initial decision rejecting an Indiana state law that denies Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood of...