The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon could begin prosecuting suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on March 1, 2009 with its prosecutor's scheduled arrival at The Hague, according...

Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat demoted Police Chief Gen. Patcharawat Wongsuwan to an inactive position within the Prime Minister's office, according to media reports Friday. Patcharawat's removal comes a day after the Prime Minister declared...

The European Commission (EC) Thursday called on Germany to modify its Volkswagen anti-takeover law within two months or else face referral of the matter to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) . The law,...

Moscow Military District Court judge Yevgeny Zubov Wednesday refused to recuse himself from the trial of three men accused of involvement in the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya . The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office...

The Mexican Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would amend the General Law of Health to allow terminally ill patients to refuse medical treatment. The bill...

The Iraqi parliament on Thursday approved a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that sets a 2011 deadline for the withdraw of US troops but also passed an additional law calling for a national referendum...

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz said Wednesday that he is considering indicting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert following police recommendations in connection with his alleged double billing of state and charitable donors...

Human Rights Watch said Wednesday in a new report that Greece and Turkey are according inhumane treatment to migrants and possible asylum seekers from Iraq and elsewhere attempting to enter the EU. The...

Members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have killed Palestinian terror suspects in defiance of a 2006 Israeli Supreme Court ruling on targeted killings, according to Haaretz Wednesday. The 2006 ruling set up...

Russia's Federation Council , the upper house of parliament, voted 144-1 on Wednesday to approve amendments to the Russian Constitution that would extend presidential terms from four to six years and terms...