Switzerland has decided to extradite Russia's former nuclear minister to the US to face conspiracy, money laundering, and tax evasion charges, an official from the Switzerland Justice Ministry said Monday. The Russian government has been fighting Yevgeny...

Yemeni Judge Mohammed Al Baadani on Monday acquitted four Iraqis who were accused of spying for the government of Saddam Hussein and planning to bomb the American and British embassies in Sanaa. The men...

Sunni Arabs and independent politicians Monday slammed efforts by Shiites and Kurds that will make it much more difficult to defeat the draft Iraqi constitution in the October 15 referendum . In a parliamentary session...

Human Rights Watch said Monday that insurgent groups are committing war crimes in Iraq by targeting civilians and other non-combatants. In a new report , HRW documents attacks against civilian targets and other insurgent...

Lynndie England , who was sentenced last week to 3 years in prison for her role in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, said she knew of "worse things" happening at the...

Nomination of White House Counsel Harriet Miers to serve as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, President George W. Bush, October 3, 2005. Excerpt:This morning, I'm proud to announce that I am nominating Harriet Ellan Miers to...

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani , a Kurd, called for the resignation of Shiite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari Sunday. Talabani blamed the Shiite-led United Iraqi Alliance for the country's...

The new term of the US Supreme Court begins Monday with new Chief Justice John Roberts being sworn-in at the Court in a private investiture ceremony . Roberts, who took the...

The European Union Monday postponed a ceremony to mark the opening of membership talks with Turkey , without setting a new time. The postponement comes as member states reached a deadlock over the...

AP is reporting that President Bush will nominate White House counsel Harriet Miers to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court. A formal announcement is expected...