Days after being removed from power by Congress, Ecuador's former president Lucio Gutierrez fled the country aboard a Brazilian air force plane on Sunday. Brazil granted Gutierrez political asylum Thursday; new Ecuadorian...

Japanese Trade Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said Sunday that a lawsuit in an international court is "one option" for dealing with a Japan-China dispute over natural gas drilling rights in the East China Sea. China has...

Governor Joe Manchin vetoed a bill on Saturday that would have made English the official language of West Virginia. Gov. Manchin, who has supported such legislation in the past, objected to the bill on the grounds that...

New York City agreed on Friday to pay $150 each plus legal fees totaling about $215,000 to 108 protestors arrested during the Republican National Convention and held after a judge ordered their release. Lawyers for...

Survivors mourned the thousands killed and urged people to be vigilant against hate in marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald , concentration camp in Germany on Sunday. Their message echoed that of...

Cardinal Bernard Law , who resigned as the Archbishop of Boston in 2002 amid accusations that he covered up sexual abuse of children by priests {JURIST news archive], will on Monday lead one of nine memorial masses for...

Iraq's transitional National Assembly took an important step forward Sunday, naming a Sunni Arab, Hajim al-Hassani, as parliament speaker . The selection ends days of shouting, bickering, and accusations. Two deputies were also chosen--Kurdish politician Aref...

The body of Terri Schiavo was cremated Saturday amidst continued disputes between her husband Michael and her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler. Michael Schiavo wanted the body cremated and the ashes buried at the family plot...

Updating a Saturday report on JURIST's Paper Chase, US military officials Sunday raised the casualty total from Saturday's late-night attack on the infamous Abu Ghraib prison to 56, including 44 Americans and 12 detainees....

Former US Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell Saturday joined the Democratic party chorus opposing Republican threats to ban Senate filibusters of judicial nominees. Delivering the Democrats' Saturday radio address, Mitchell chided Republicans for seeking to overturn a...