The Hong Kong government Friday appealed a high court ruling last month that said a criminal law preventing consenting males under the age of 21 from having sex was a violation of human...

Jack Kevorkian has said that he would not assist people in committing suicide if released on parole, but said that he would campaign to legalize assisted suicide. The former doctor is serving 10-25 years in prison on...

Leading Friday's states brief, as Connecticut becomes the second state to offer same-sex couples civil unions October 1, town clerks are saying they are ready, but some employers may not be prepared. While only a few town...

The Osaka High Court ruled on Friday that visits by Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to a Shinto shrine for war dead violate Japan's constitutional provisions for separation of church and state....

Leading Friday's international brief, the South Sudan legislature has been inaugurated, marking a key step in the development of a functioning government for the now autonomous southern region of Sudan. In accordance with the January 9 Comprehensive Peace Agreements...

Algeria's proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation was approved by over 97 percent of the vote in Thursday's referendum as part of an effort to end a 13-year civil war in the country...

Milan Prosecutor Armando Spataro announced Friday the approval of three new arrest warrants in connection for purported CIA operatives with the kidnapping of a radical Muslim in 2003 in Milan. A total of 22 purported CIA...

Sen. John Warner (R-VA) , chairman of the US Senate Armed Forces Committee, said Thursday that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has promised to give "immediate consideration" to concerns about the increased detentions and...

US Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) was ordered on Thursday to appear in a Texas court on October 21 for his initial appearance in connection with charges that he violated Texas election law ....

US military officials said Thursday in testimony before the US Senate Armed Services Committee that they are confident that Iraq will vote to approve the draft constitution in the upcoming October 15 referendum, but...