The last annual meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva was delayed again Monday as the body waits for a procedural vote by the UN Economic and Social Council [official...

The sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui will resume on Monday after being stayed last week to allow for investigation of misconduct by Transportation Security Administration lawyer Carla Martin. Defense attorneys are set...

Philippine Defense Secretary Avelino Cruz said Monday that the country's military would not go on a "witch hunt" as it investigates the involvement of army soldiers in last month's failed coup attempt against Philippine President...

UK Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs Lord Falconer has suggested that new laws should be enacted requiring loans to political parties to be publicly disclosed. In letters to all UK political parties, Lord...

Thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Minsk Sunday to protest what they claimed were the rigged results of the Belarus presidential election, defying threats of a government crackdown. Current president Alexander Lukashenko ,...

The French government again defended its recently passed First Employment Contract (CPE) labor law Sunday, a day after mass protests against the legislation were held in Paris and other major French cities. The law allows French...

The latest effort to put former Liberian President Charles Taylor on trial for crimes against humanity at the Special Court for Sierra Leone should be seen as a warning to the "world's...

The US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee says it will approve legislation by mid-May to open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling . The statement comes in...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague will begin proceedings at an arraignment Monday against its first defendant, Thomas Lubanga , founder of Congolese rebel group the Union of Patriotic Congolese ....

Gonzales v. Google, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Judge James Ware, March 17, 2006 [ruling that internet search giant Google must hand over the addresses of 50,000 randomly selected websites indexed by its search engine,...