The Russian Duma , the lower house of parliament, overwhelmingly passed a draft law Wednesday that would give Russian President Vladimir Putin the right to use Russia's armed forces and secret services...
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US Army prosecutors charged 1st Lt. Ehren Watada late Wednesday in connection with his refusal to deploy to Iraq with the rest of his unit last week. Watada...
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg testified at the outset of congressional field hearings on federal immigration reform Wednesday that competing bills passed by the US House and Senate are both unrealistic. Speaking...
Thirty-eight people were convicted of corruption Wednesday for rigging public works contracts to finance political parties while now-French President Jacques Chirac was mayor of Paris in the late 1980s and early '90s. Prosecutors alleged that...
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories John Dugard told an emergency session of the UN Human Rights Council Wednesday that Israel's military offensive in the Palestinian-populated Gaza Strip...
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday to consider a draft resolution to impose sanctions on North Korea following Tuesday's missile launches . The five permanent members agreed that the Council should respond...
Finland's prime minister began the country's six-month presidency of the European Union on Wednesday by promising not to push for the ratification of the stalled European Constitution without building consensus among...
The supposed abductors of Sunni Iraqi legislator Tayseer al-Mashhadani have offered to release her in exchange for the release of all Shiite detainees, a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops, and an end to all attacks on Shiite...
European countries need to improve extradition and criminal cooperation procedures in order to face the growing threat of international crime, Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika told the seventh session of the Conference of Prosecutors General of Europe ...
Six former Guantanamo Bay detainees now on trial in Paris were interviewed by French authorities while they were still being held at the US prison, according to a French newspaper. A French diplomatic telegram...
