The Council of the European Union Friday released changes made to the procedure used in establishing and maintaining its list of terrorist entities. The revisions include a plan to send "letters of notification" to...

Four Sunni members of the Iraqi cabinet will boycott cabinet meetings to protest the arrest warrant issued for Culture Minister Asad Kamal al-Hashimi, a Sunni politician said Friday. Ayad Al-Samarraie, a leading figure in Sunni parliamentary coalition...

The United Nations Security Council called for continued international financial support of the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Thursday. The 15-member group also welcomed the start of the...

Humanitarian group Refugees International Friday released a report documenting flaws in Sudanese law that leaves rapists unpunished and allows the prosecution of rape victims for sex outside marriage. According to the report, government...

The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that immigration reform groups can pursue a lawsuit against Governor Janet Napolitano alleging her administration improperly limited Proposition 200 , a voter-approved ballot initiative that...

Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski vowed Friday to reopen debate on the EU Council of Minister's voting mechanisms, insisting on a different interpretation of the EU reform agreement reached last Saturday by EU leaders. Kaczynski,...

Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) chairman Jerome J. Verdier said Friday that the TRC is facing severe financial difficulties and has fallen three months behind schedule, noting that it...

The US Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear the appeals of Guantanamo Bay detainees who are seeking habeas corpus review of their detentions. The Court denied petitions for certiorari [PDF text;...

The Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress adopted a new labor contract law Friday, passing reforms intended to improve workers' rights by formalizing standards in labor contracts, rights of temporary workers, and severance pay privileges. The...

The US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania sentenced Russian nuclear engineer Mark M. Kaushansky to 15 months in prison Thursday for his participation in a corruption scheme with former Russian Atomic Minister Yevgeny Adamov...