After US officials applied itense pressure over the weekend, Humam Hammoudi, the head of the Iraq's constitutional drafting committee agreed Monday to adhere to the original August 15 deadline to complete the draft after the committee announced...

Stem cell bill sponsor Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) said Sunday that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) gave his position a "a big boost" after changing his stance and supporting Specter's plan to ease restrictions...

Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic may be able to serve his expected prison sentence in Russia close to where his wife lives, according to a plan being supported by officials in the US and...

Lead Democrats in the US Senate spoke out Sunday against President Bush's expected recess appointment of John Bolton as UN ambassador without a confirmation by Congress, saying he "lacks credibility" and would be "damaged goods."...

Yemen's foreign minister said Sunday that the US has officially agreed to release seven Yemenis currently being held at the US terror detention camp at Guantanamo Bay . Abu Bakr al-Qirbi said a date has not been...

A spokesperson for the London Metropolitan Police said Sunday that they have made seven more arrests of individuals believed to have been involved in the July 21 London bombing attempts . The arrests were made during...

In the latest controversy surrounding Australia's detention of illegal immigrants seeking asylum , the private company responsible for running the detention camps for asylum-seekers has been fined $378,286 for mistreating 5 detainees. Global Solutions Limited was...

During a speech Saturday, former US President Jimmy Carter called the war in Iraq "unnecessary and unjust", and referred to the US detention of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay an "embarrassment". In June, Carter had joined...

In Tokyo, thousands of demonstrators gathered outside a conference held by the Article 9 Association Saturday to protest proposed changes to Japan's constitution that would eliminate Article 9, otherwise known as the pacifist clause. Article 9,...

Iraq's constitutional drafting committee announced Sunday that it will submit a formal request to the Iraqi National Assembly Monday to extend the committe's current August 1 draft due date by 30 days. The committee was expected to...