The US and Russia reached an agreement Wednesday to reduce nuclear arms, marking the first such agreement between the two nuclear powers in nearly two decades. According to an anonymous Kremlin spokesperson, the two countries have come to an...
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A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday denied a Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee's habeas corpus petition on its merits, allowing the US government to prolong...
The US Senate voted 56 to 43 to pass a modified version of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 Thursday, after certain language in the original bill was altered...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a temporary stay of execution for convicted murderer Henry "Hank" Skinner who requested DNA testing be conducted in his case to prove his...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for a renewed international commitment to eradicate all forms of slavery . Ban's comments took place on the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic...
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday passed three resolutions critical of Israeli practices towards Syrian and Palestinian territories. The resolutions were adopted during the 13th session of the UNHRC held...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Wednesday lifted the stay blocking the extradition of former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega to France,...
The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday proposed reforms to simplify and clarify international divorce laws. Under the proposal, married couples from different European Union (EU) countries could choose the country of the divorce, and the various courts...
French President Nicholas Sarkozy said Wednesday that the government will introduce legislation to ban traditional Muslim face veils in public places. Sarkozy's announcement comes weeks after a French parliamentary...
The Russian State Duma on Wednesday approved a bill to ban pre-trial detention for suspects accused of economic crimes. The legislation would allow those charged with financial...
