An Italian court has sent five members of left-wing extremist group the Red Brigades to prison for life for involvement in the 2002 murder of Marco Biagi , an economic advisor to the government of Prime...

An exit poll announced on Dutch state television indicates that Dutch voters have overwhelmingly rejected the EU constitution 63 to 37 percent. AP has more.4:05 PM ET - BBC News has posted a Q &...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said today that two Dutch international aid workers affiliated should not have been arrested for allegedly falsifying a report on rape in Darfur . Paul Foreman and Vince...

The Fourth District Court of Appeal in Florida Wednesday rejected an appeal from a widow who sued a gun company after her husband, a middle school teacher, was gunned down by a student while entering...

A London judge on Wednesday approved the extradition of accused Moroccan terrorist Farid Hilali to Spain, deciding that he would not face religious or racial prejudice if sent there for trial. He stipulated, however, that Hilali could not be...

In hopes of finding clues about his 1955 murder , FBI personnel Wednesday began unearthing a concrete vault containing the remains of Emmett Till . FBI spokesman Frank Bochte said that the reason for exhumation...

Bloomberg is reporting that US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William Donaldson is stepping down on June 30.3:15 PM ET - The SEC has posted a press release detailing the departure of Donaldson later this month....

The European Union began assessing proposals Wednesday from Microsoft Corp. meant to comply with a massive March 2004 antitrust ruling . The proposal came in just before the midnight deadline Tuesday and the EU competition commission...

AP is reporting that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has fired suspended UN staffer Joseph Stephanides for his role in the UN oil-for-food scandal .1:25 PM ET - Stephanides is the first UN staffer to be...

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced on Tuesday that Iraq has officially asked for UN help in drafting a new permanent constitution . Annan acknowledged a letter from Hajim N. Al-Hasani,...