In response to what has been described as the "slow pace" by which the Food and Drug Administration is acting to approve the so-called "morning after pill" for over-the-counter sale, a bipartisan group of US representatives on...

South African oil company Imvume on Thursday announced plans to file a lawsuit against UN's Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) in response to its allegations that the company provided illegal kick-backs to the Iraqi government in the now...

US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday defended the US government's decision to prohibit UN human rights observers from interviewing detainees on any visit to the prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay ....

An influential Ohio Republican said Tuesday that US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito had a judicial philosophy "clearly within the mainstream" and that he should not be filibustered. Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) was a...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on Tuesday transferred its case against Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac to Croatia, marking the first time a case involving persons already indicted by the ICTY...

The Syrian government on Tuesday sharply criticized a UN resolution ordering Syria to fully cooperate with the international investigation into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri or face serious diplomatic...

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday endorsed a Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation and an accompanying Code of Conduct in efforts to begin establishing new standards for international election monitoring. The...

Kenya's debate over its draft constitution has erupted into violence, with supporters and opponents clashing in the streets in what has become an increasingly intense disagreement over a controversial document. Dozens were injured during rioting...

In a brief order issued Thursday, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied a request from Georgia to throw out a lower court injunction barring enforcement of the state's new voter identification law [JURIST...

A group of former international political leaders supporting the defense of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein called Tuesday for a UN investigation into last week's kidnapping and murder of Saadoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi , a lawyer...