UN investigators began questioning five Syrian officials in Damascus Monday as part of their ongoing investigation of the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik al-Hariri . Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed to the questioning in late November...

In an address to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Monday, Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox called for "more streamlined" national accounting rules that are crafted to promote...

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's proposed anti-terrorism law is under more pressure for amendment after the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights Monday reported that currently-proposed provisions - such as the proposal...

France's highest administrative body ruled Monday that Sikhs are permitted to wear their turbans in drivers' licence photos, overturning a case involving a Sikh who refused to take off his turban for the photo. The ruling by the Council...

The US military on Monday issued a statement acknowledging the death of a detainee, later revealed to be former Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Hamza al-Zubaidi . The statement said Zubaidi, one of Saddam Hussein's top deputies after the...

US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton Monday criticized the expected dismissal of Carina Perelli , chief of the UN's Electoral Assistance Division in charge of organizing and promoting free elections, just 10 days before December...

The trial of Vladimir Arutunyan , the Georgian man who attempted to assassinate US President George W. Bush with a grenade when Bush was visiting the former Soviet state earlier this year, began Monday. Arutunyan is accused of...

Following a brief recess prompted by a defense team walkout and an emotional outburst from Saddam Hussein, the trial of the former Iraqi dictator and seven co-defendants resumed Monday afternoon with the testimony of Ahmed Hassan Mohammed...

Former Egyptian presidential candidate Ayman Nour was detained on Monday, indicating that he may be sentenced soon on forgery charges. Nour's lawyer said that the court presiding over the trial ordered that Nour be detained until December...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in two cases, including one involving the insanity defense in criminal trials. In Clark v. Arizona, the Court will consider the constitutionality of an Arizona law that limits admission...