As expected , the French Government on Tuesday officially declared an end to the state of emergency implemented in November to quell riots that tore through the country late last year....

Issam Ghazzawi, a defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein , said Tuesday that Hussein, on trial for his involvement in the 1982 Dujail massacre , would prefer to die by firing squad rather than...

Former Bosnian Serb general and indicted war criminal Radko Mladic , who is wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on genocide charges, had access to his army general's...

A coalition of liberal interest groups has announced a new series of television commercials aimed at derailing the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. The ads, to be officially unveiled Wednesday, will...

The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) announced Tuesday that results from its investigation into allegations of voting fraud during the December 15 parliamentary elections will be announced Wednesday, but that voting results will...

A Chilean appeals court on Monday allowed ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet to post bail for six of the nine human rights charges he faces relating to Operation Colombo . Pinochet...

US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton has promised to push for major changes in the United Nations in an interview published Monday in the Washington Post, including reforms to the international body's human rights panel. Bolton...

French President Jacques Chirac on Monday said that he plans to officially end France's state of emergency on Wednesday. The status of heightened security and increased police powers, implemented in November...

Iran announced Monday, without further explanation, that it has ordered the closure a daily newspaper, Asia, and banned the publication of a forthcoming, bi-weekly women's periodical, Nour-e Banovan. The Culture Ministry said the Supervisory Board on the Press has...

The Syrian government announced Monday that it will put former Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam on trial for high treason and investigate his alleged acts of corruption in response to demands by Syrian parliament members ...