The Italian Court of Cassation on Wednesday confirmed that Romano Prodi , former Italian prime minister and head of a center-left coalition, was the winner of the disputed April 9-10...

Nepal police on Wednesday arrested approximately 250 college professors who were protesting in the town Pokhara against the direct government of King Gyanendra . Organizers set up the demonstration in violation of government-imposed curfew meant to...

The Federal Election Commission on Tuesday announced that mortgage corporation Freddie Mac has agreed to pay a $3.8 million fine to settle accusations that it directly raised campaign funds for...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, following China and Russia's block of an attempt to implement targeted sanctions in the UN sanctions committee on Sudan against four Sudanese officials alleged to have intentionally hindered the peace process in the...

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Wednesday that there has been a sharp decline in the number of asylum seekers globally and warned that asylum seekers worldwide face increasing threats as...

American businessman Philip H. Bloom pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of conspiracy, bribery and money laundering in a corruption scandal that continues to expand as investigators find "more cases of a similar vein in the pipeline." In his guilty...

Raouf Abdel-Rahman , the chief judge in the Saddam Hussein trial , read out a report by prosecution experts as the trial resumed Wednesday that authenticated the former leader's signature on several more documents submitted into...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez , where the court will decide whether a defendant is guaranteed a new trial under the...

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak suggested Tuesday that the country's emergency laws will be extended before they expire in June. Mubarak said that a nearly two-year gap between the expiration of the emergency provisions and...

The attorneys general of New Jersey and California said Tuesday that they will file a lawsuit against tobacco manufacturers over payments they allege are due to them under the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) . New...