The Bush administration and an international human rights watchdog group have both challenged the Uzbekistan government in the case of Sanjar Umarov , leader of the country's new opposition movement, the Sunshine Uzbekistan Coalition [party...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wednesday upheld a lower court's ruling and dismissed a lawsuit brought by parents who were angered by a sex survey given to their students in a...

The European Commission said Thursday that it plans to investigate allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is using a Soviet-era compound in eastern Europe as part of a secret prison system to...

Azerbaijan officials have agreed to allow Soviet-era passports to be used as identification for upcoming elections in an attempt to avoid controversy over a headscarf ban for new ID photo cards. The government announced the change in policy after...

US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has outlined plans to increase security along US borders by hiring more federal agents, constructing additional fences and ending policies that allow illegal immigrants to be released in the US. Chertoff...

Saudi Arabia King Abdullah has urged President Bush to release Saddam Hussein's half-brother from detention because of failing health, Saudi Arabia daily Al-Riyadh reported Wednesday. King Abdullah reportedly sent a letter to Bush asking...

The interim government in Haiti has sued former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in US federal court for his alleged embezzlement of millions of dollars from the country's treasury and a state-owned telephone company. The suit,...

The US has circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution that would extend the UN mandate of the 180,000-strong multinational force currently in Iraq for another year. The US-led force was originally...

An advisory group created by the Scottish Consumer Council has called for reforms to the country's civil law system that would make the system less costly and more efficient. Scotland's civil law system deals...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Lockhart v. US , a case in which it will decide whether the US government can use part of...