Taiwan's largely ceremonial National Assembly will conduct its final business Tuesday as it votes on proposed amendments to the island-nation's constitution . The passage of the amendments is virtually guaranteed, as the two largest political parties in...

The Nepal Bar Association has called for the immediate dissolution of the royal government and new parliamentary elections after approving a resolution Sunday that characterized the 1 February declaration of a state of emergency by...

The South Korean Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs announced Monday a plan to enact a law that would allow families of South Koreans kidnapped by the North Korean government in the 1960s and '70s to...

A prosecutor in the trial of former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian said in his opening remarks Monday that Al-Arian was at one time the most powerful man in an organization responsible for the deaths...

Voters in Chad went to the polls Monday to decide whether the current limitation of two terms on the country's president should be removed from Chad's constitution . The referendum is being held in response to a...

A trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ruled Monday that former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj would be granted provisional release pending his war crimes trial at The Hague, but...

Kyrgyzstan Prosecutor General Azimbek Beknazarov announced Monday that he had issued an international arrest warrant for former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev , believed to be hiding in Moscow, Russia after fleeing there following the April ouster of...

A Washington state judge Monday rejected the Republican challenge to Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire and upheld the 2004 gubernatorial election results that put her in office after multiple recounts, finding no evidence of fraud. Chelan...

Cambodia's opposition Sam Rainsy Party called on the government Monday to organize a program that would allow ordinary citzens the chance to contribute to the Khmer Rouge trial fund. The Cambodian government had...

The president of Australia's Law Council , the official voice of lawyers throughout Australia, criticized wide-ranging anti-terrorism powers granted to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation in testimony Monday before an Australian parliamentary committee. The ASIO has...