A Louisiana State Senate committee has rejected a bill that would have made it easier for residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina to vote in next month's New Orleans municipal elections . The bill...

The Philippines Army said Thursday that it would recommend court-martial for 20 soldiers in connection with last month's failed coup attempt against Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo , including Brigadier General Danilo Lim. The...

Indonesia has threatened legal action against US mining company Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold if it does not improve environmental conditions near its gold mine in Papua. For the past few days, protestors have called for the government...

An Ethiopian court dropped charges Wednesday against 18 people, including five American journalists, as the treason trial for 129 protestors resumed. The charges against the 18 included treason, attempted genocide, and other crimes in connection with allegations...

Three Russian police officers pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal negligence in connection with the Beslan school hostage crisis on Thursday as their trial opened in southern Russia. Prosecutors say the police failed...

Officials in Ethiopia have released another 395 protesters who were detainees after violent mass demonstrations following Ethiopia's May 2005 elections, bringing the total number of protesters released to over 8,200. According to the prosecutor general's office, the...

High-level military attorneys have told Congress that some interrogation methods used at Guantanamo Bay are not consistent with guidelines in the Army Field Manual . In a written response to questions from the...

EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said Thursday that the European Union will suspend membership negotiations with Serbia if it did not fully cooperate in seeking the arrest of war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic [ICTY case backgrounder; BBC...

California faces a virtual moratorium on executions in the wake of a court ruling that medical professionals must monitor executions by lethal injection to be sure that the inmate feels no pain. The execution of condemned killer Michael Morales...

The US military should take a greater, perhaps sometimes even temporarily a leading role in disaster recovery, and policy steps should to be taken to facilitate this, according to a 228-page White House report [table of contents and full...