US lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the role that oil company British Petroleum (BP) may have played in obtaining an early release for convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset Ali...

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday delayed a vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan at the request of Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) . The vote on...

US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued a new six-month drilling moratorium on Tuesday, citing new evidence regarding safety concerns after the BP oil spill . Unlike the previously ordered moratorium, this...

Italian police on Tuesday arrested more than 300 individuals and seized millions of euros worth of assets in a countrywide raid on the 'Ndrangheta crime organization. The predawn operation, dubbed "Il crimine," the...

The Afghan cabinet on Monday approved a bill that would allow high-ranking government officials to stand trial on charges of corruption. Under the bill the Afghan judiciary would be empowered to establish special tribunals which would hear...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on the Afghan government to protect the rights of women during integration and reconciliation efforts conducted with the Taliban and other militants. In a report, Ten-Dollar...

The Canadian Department of Justice on Monday announced that it will appeal a court ruling ordering the government to provide Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr with a list of remedies...

The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs on Monday began negotiating a treaty to regulate the arms trade and prevent guns from entering conflict zones. The Arms Trade Treaty Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) , established following a 2008...

A group of lawyers on Monday filed a complaint with a Morocco prosecutor seeking the arrest of several high ranking Israeli officials over their involvement in Operation Cast Lead . The complaint names former Israeli...

The Chinese government instituted new regulations Sunday requiring a wide variety of government officials to disclose to the state details about their personal finances and the legal statuses of their family members. The new regulations , which apply...