Negotiations on a new international treaty to combat global warming began Monday in Bangkok. The week-long negotiations, part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) , are intended...

The Greek Ministry of Justice has agreed to establish a working group to analyze the potential impact of recognizing same-sex civil marriages in Greece, according to Monday media reports. The move comes after the Greek...

Three Norwegian men indicted in September for shooting at an Oslo synagogue and planning attacks against US and Israeli embassies went on trial in Oslo Monday under strengthened anti-terrorism laws. This is the first time that suspects...

New Jersey US District Judge Robert Kugler Monday sentenced Albanian Kosovar refugee Agron Abdullahu , one of the six men arrested in May for plotting an attack on New Jersey's Fort Dix , to...

A gag order precluding former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks from speaking to the media expired on Sunday, but Hicks is reportedly "not interested at the moment" in speaking publicly about his detention. Hicks had agreed...

The US Department of Defense Monday charged Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani with several terrorism-related counts under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 stemming from...

Chadian President Idriss Deby Monday officially pardoned six French aid workers convicted in Chad in December of attempting to kidnap 103 African children. The six were handed over to...

EULEX Kosovo head Yves de Kermabon said Monday that a 1,800-strong European Union police and justice mission in Kosovo will go forward even in Serbian-controlled areas, despite reservations from some EU member states. Spain's Foreign...

The Constitutional Court of Turkey voted 11-0 Monday to hear a bid to disband the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) , days after a warning by the EU Enlargement...

The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear two cases involving the First Amendment Monday, including Pleasant Grove City v. Summum (07-665) , in which the Court will...