Monday is the first day of registration for same-sex couples to apply for a civil partnership ceremony under the UK Civil Partnership Act 2004 . The civil partnerships allowed by the Act are legally distinct ...

The trial of fourteen men alleged to belong to a terrorist group operating in Amsterdam begins Monday and is the first test of new Dutch anti-terror legislation allowing for the prosecution of individuals for "membership ...

A UK parliamentary group comprised of members from all three major British political parties meets for the first time Monday to call for a formal inquiry into whether the British government has violated international law by aiding alleged...

German magazine Der Spiegel has reported that the German government has a list of at least 437 flights it suspects the US CIA operated in German airspace, landing in...

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora formally asked UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Saturday to extend the inquiry into the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri for six...

Police in Bangladesh said Sunday they had detained nearly 50 more suspected Islamist militants connected with several recent suicide attacks on the country’s judiciary, bringing the total of suspects rounded up in the past week at...

The New York Times reported Sunday that FBI officials mishandled a 2002 Florida terror investigation, falsified documents to cover mistakes and retaliated against an agent who reported the problems. The FBI had opened a...

An Egyptian court has ruled that closed-circuit TV cameras will be installed in polling places in order to allow independent monitors to watch ballot counting in Egypt's parliamentary elections , which will finish with the third round...

An anonymous UN official has said that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday plans to announce the firing of Carina Perelli, chief of the UN's Electoral Assistance Division which organizes and promotes free elections in countries...

A United Nations human rights official said Sunday that the trial of Saddam Hussein will never be able to satisfy international standards, citing recent attacks on defense lawyers and flaws in the Iraqi justice...