Talks between representatives of the Nepal government and Maoist rebels have failed to result in an agreement on the terms of an interim constitution for the country but will continue later this week, according to a Maoist spokesman speaking...

Israel's High Court ruled on Wednesday that construction of a 1.5-mile sector of the country's security fence in northeast Jerusalem could continue, denying an appeal by residents of a Palestinian neighborhood left outside. After...

A federal judge Wednesday dismissed a habeas corpus petition brought by Guantanamo detainee Salim Hamdan , finding it was clearly barred under the controversial habeas-stripping language of the new Military Commissions Act (MCA)...

Outgoing Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney signed an agreement Wednesday allowing Massachusetts state troopers to detain illegal immigrants found or located while the troopers are performing their general duties. The agreement, co-signed by US Immigration and...

In a special session Wednesday the UN Human Rights Council approved a resolution to send a mission to Sudan to investigate human rights abuses in Darfur . Council President Luis Alfonso de Alba announced...

The UN General Assembly Wednesday adopted by acclamation a new international treaty on the rights of persons with disabilities hailed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as "the first human rights treaty to be...

The High Court of Botswana has ruled that the government's eviction of Bushmen inhabiting the Kalahari desert is "unlawful and unconstitutional." The suit was brought by 239 members of the San tribe with the aid of the...

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Wednesday laid out an ambitious oversight agenda for the reshuffled Senate Judiciary Committee he will chair when the Democratic-controlled US Congress begins its new session in January. Speaking at Georgetown University...

Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Wednesday laid out an ambitious agenda for the reshuffled Senate Judiciary Committee he will chair when the Democratic-controlled US Congress begins its new session in January. Speaking at Georgetown University Law...

A Zimbabwe government spokesman said Wednesday that there are no plans to hand Mengistu Haile Mariam over to Ethiopian authorities after the former Ethiopian dictator was convicted of genocide Tuesday by Ethiopia's Federal Court at...