British pharmaceutical company Chiron has announced that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ended its investigation of the company, which was related to Chiron's failure to supply sufficient flu vaccines [USA...

Leaders of the Ulama Council, Afghanistan's top Islamic authority, appealed Wednesday for an end to violent protests against the publication of Muhammad caricatures in European newspapers, but the call came too late to stop hundreds rioting...

More than 4,500 occupants of hotel rooms provided by the government to those affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster were ordered to leave Tuesday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

The appellate chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday upheld a trial chamber acquittal of two high-ranking government officials accused of genocide and massive crimes against humanity during the 1994 crisis....

The German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC) has issued a new report showing an increase in neo-Nazi violence, with nearly three attacks related to right-wing extremism occurring daily in...

The UN Security Council on Tuesday imposed 12-month sanctions on three Ivorian peace opponents. Ble Goude, Eugene Djue, and rebel commander Fofie Kouakou will have their assets frozen and restrictions placed on their travel. Goude...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, soldiers of the Royal Nepalese Army fired indiscriminately into a crowd of protesters who were urging citizens to boycott the municipal elections held throughout Nepal, the first elections in seven years. The weapons-fire...

Lawyers for two detainees being held at the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay say that over half of the terror suspects being held there are not alleged to have committed terrorist acts against the US...

The trial of five Turkish journalists accused of insulting Turkey's judiciary and trying to influence the courts through their articles has been adjourned to April 11. The court ordered the postponement Tuesday after a fight erupted...

Beth Sabilia, the mayor of New London, Connecticut, has proposed a compromise for a group of four homeowners involved in the eminent domain case that went before the US Supreme Court last year. In Kelo v....