Arguments began Monday before Myanmar's Supreme Court in the latest appeal by Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi . Suu Kyi's appeal contests an 18-month extension to her house arrest that was...

Local police struggled to maintain law and order in Haiti while awaiting the deployment of more US troops on Monday, as looting and vigilantism rose among increasingly desperate and frustrated survivors of the earthquake that struck the country last...

Former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz has suffered a severe stroke while in detention, his son Ziad Aziz said Sunday. Aziz, who also suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, was taken to...

A Spanish lawmaker Saturday expressed anger over the use of his image as a basis for an FBI mock-up of Osama bin Laden , saying he would like a formal explanation and may file...

The Supreme Iraq Criminal Tribunal sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid to death by hanging on Sunday, finding him guilty of having ordered the Kurdish village of Halabja gassed in 1988. The gassing...

Haitian nationals already present in the US on January 12 have been granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and will be allowed to continue living and working in the US for the next 18 months regardless of their immigration status,...

The Wolesi Jirga , Afghanistan's lower house of Parliament, Saturday narrowly approved Habibullah Galib as the country's new Minister of Justice but overall rejected 10 of President Hamid Karzai's 17 nominees...

US Department of Defense officials Friday released the names of prisoners held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, in response to a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday strongly criticized proposed legislation in Uganda which would implement harsh punishments for homosexual behavior, including the death penalty in...

The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in five cases. In Doe v. Reed , the Court will consider whether the First Amendment allows a state to...