After European Union foreign ministers met in Brussels Thursday to discuss the future of the EU Constitution , Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik has expressed doubt that a solution to the current impasse...
UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel said Thursday that the UN is ready to begin final negotiations on the establishment of an international tribunal to try suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik...
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the case of a detained Chinese researcher who worked for the New York Times is being dealt with according to Chinese law. Zhao Yan has been...
Leading Muslim clerics have urged that Afghanistan ignore international pressure and execute Abdul Rahman for converting from Islam to Christianity. "The people will kill him if he is freed," declared the chief cleric of...
Prosecutors concluded their case in the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui Thursday with the testimony of former FBI agent Aaron Zebley, who claimed that the FBI would have been able to trace records and identify 11...
A Belgrade court has reinstated an arrest warrant against the widow of ex-Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic after she failed to attend a court appearance scheduled for Thursday. Mira Markovic was charged...
US House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) said Thursday that they have sent a letter to President Bush asking if he knew when he signed the Deficit Reduction Act of...
The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Thursday urged the Iraqi government to take steps to "assert control over the security forces and all armed groups" in the country, noting that there has been...
President Bush Thursday called for policymakers considering the incendiary issue of immigration reform to conduct themselves "in a civil way...that brings dignity to the process" and hammer out legislation that is "comprehensive and rational and achieves...
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday released an advisory opinion to the state Attorney General that permits the 2008 ballot to contain a citizen initiative banning gay marriages, even though the initiative failed to collect...