Iranian Vice President Gholamreza Aghazadeh said Wednesday that Tehran does not plan to leave the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty , despite threats from its nuclear negotiator Tuesday. Iran , which has opposed...
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Khodorkovsky to face fellow prisoners in race for Russian parliament seat
Six fellow inmates of jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky are planning on running against him for a seat in Russia's State Duma. Candidates began registering with the elections commission Monday as the race officially began,...
North Korea agreed Monday to abandon its nuclear weapons programs and return to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as the latest round of six-party talks between North Korea, China, Japan, South Korea,...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia announced Friday that it had taken Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Sredoje Lukic into custody almost seven years after he was originally indicted....
Milosevic's wife threatened with arrest over corruption trial
A new arrest warrant could be issued for the wife of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic if she fails to appear for the start of her corruption trial in Belgrade, a court spokesperson said Wednesday. Mirjana...
Nuclear terrorism convention gets first signature at UN summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first world leader to sign the UN Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism , which opened for signatures Wednesday at the UN's 2005 World Summit ....
A Russian court began hearing the appeal Wednesday of former Yukos oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky , who is in jail for tax evasion, fraud and embezzlement. In May, Khodorkovsky was found guilty on...
US considers new 'networked munitions', rejects treaty banning landmines
US Pentagon officials are in the final stages of determining whether to implement a new weapons program that would mandate the production of a new era of landmines, dubbed "networked munitions", in the face of international opposition to such...
UN summit talks break down over human rights, management reform differences
Intensive talks directed at salvaging a consensus draft document for the 2005 United Nations World Summit broke down Monday over differences on human rights and management reform, according to a spokesman for the US UN mission [official...
Eight Russians previously held at Guantanamo Bay are planning to sue the US for illegally detaining them, a Russian radio station reported Thursday. Among the eight, Airat Vakhitov has been the most vocal, working with rights...
