Philippine legislators on Wednesday quashed a second impeachment complaint against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo . The House Committee on Justice on voted 56-24 to dismiss the impeachment complaint against Arroyo for...

Russia has temporarily halted the extradition of 13 Uzbeks accused of terrorist acts in connection with last year's uprising in Andijan that resulted in the massacre of hundreds unarmed Uzbek civilians...

The British government will likely pardon 306 British soldiers - a number that includes 25 Canadians, 22 Irishmen, and 5 New Zealanders - who were executed for cowardice and desertion during World War I , ending a 16-year campaign...

UK Home Secretary John Reid told journalists on Wednesday that in response to threats of terrorism, the civil liberties of individuals must be "balanced" against the "collective right to security." Reid's comments followed his Wednesday appearance before...

Patrick Chauke, chairperson of the South African Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs , on Wednesday ruled out an amendment to the South African Constitution legalizing same-sex marriage . Chauke said, however, that a bill legalizing...

Lu Jianhua, a Chinese sociologist with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences accused of an unspecified crime involving state secrets, went on trial Wednesday at the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court. Though the facts...

British police officials and rights groups have spoken out in response to reports that the UK Department For Transport (DFT) may implement an airplane passenger profiling program to identify potential terrorists in the wake of last week's...

US District Court Judge Sim Lake on Tuesday granted a request by a lawyer for former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay to supplant Lay's name in court records with Lay's estate. As...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a Bible included in a monument in front of a Harris County, Texas civil courthouse promotes Christianity and...

US Army Major General James Thurman will decide in September whether four US soldiers accused of raping and murdering a 14-year old Iraqi girl and killing three family members in Mahmudiya will...