US Chief Justice John Roberts called failure to raise the pay of federal judges a "constitutional crisis" in his 2006 year-end report on the federal judiciary , released Monday. Making that the...

Germany took over the six-month rotating European Union presidency with the New Year on Monday, promising to put the stymied European constitution back on the regional bloc's agenda. In a statement posted...

The UN Security Council voted 15-0 Saturday to impose its first sanctions on Iran for continuing to enrich uranium past an August 31 deadline imposed by Security Council Resolution 1696 ....

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will enlist the help of UN peacekeepers in arresting Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony , according to a Reuters report Saturday. A document dated December 8 posted...

Advocacy groups must be allowed to run issue ads in the two-month period immediately prior to elections, a three-judge panel from the US District Court for the District of Columbia held Thursday. The ruling was based on...

Former Tyco executive Richard "Skip" Heger reached a $450,000 settlement on financial reporting and record-keeping charges, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday. The charges are connected to a fraud case...

The Zambian government will hold a national referendum on its proposed new constitution , Justice Minister George Kunda said Thursday. Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has to date voiced objections to the draft constitution proposed by...

The defense team for Saddam Hussein Sunday formally appealed his death sentence for crimes against humanity committed in the town of Dujail in 1982. The November 5 condemnation to death by hanging was automatically...

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin has asked the FCC general counsel to consider whether one commissioner with a potential conflict of interest may be allowed to consider a proposed $82.2 billion merger of BellSouth and...

The lawsuit brought against the New Hampshire Republican State Committee for the jamming of Democratic phone lines in the 2002 Senate race has been settled, according to a statement Friday from GOP state Committee Chairman Wayne Semprini....