AP is reporting that former Hollinger International President and COO and former Chicago Sun-Times publisher David Radler has pleaded guilty to his role in diverting $32 million from Hollinger.11:34 AM ET - Radler was indicted last month on federal...

North Korea agreed Monday to abandon its nuclear weapons programs and return to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as the latest round of six-party talks between North Korea, China, Japan, South Korea,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Thursday for collective international action to defeat terrorism as he addressed world leaders at the ongoing 2005 World Summit on UN reform . Putin urged the adoption of...

Chile's Supreme Court Thursday upheld the acquittal of former dictator Augusto Pinochet on charges that he ordered political abductions and murders as part of "Operation Condor" , a conspiracy between South American dictators...

AP is reporting that the Massachusetts state legislature has rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have banned gay marriage but allowed civil unions. Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage when the...

AP is reporting that FEMA Director Michael Brown has resigned from the agency after being replaced last week as the on-site head of federal Hurricane Katrina relief and recovery efforts.5:15 PM ET...

Both Iraqi and UN officials said Sunday that they were unsure when a final draft of the Iraqi constitution would be printed as last-minute negotiations over revisions dragged on. With only 5 weeks remaining...

Guards at a New Orleans jail fled their posts after Hurricane Katrina struck, leaving prisoners behind in appalling conditions, according to Australian tourist interviewed for the Sydney Sunday Telegraph. Ashley Macdonald was arrested for being...

Last-minute talks continued Sunday at the UN as an intergovernmental negotiating group struggled to finalize a text to be submitted to the UN's 2005 World Summit , scheduled to begin Wednesday. The group is working to...

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) issued a joint report with 21 other rights groups Saturday on last week's Egyptian presidential elections , concluding that although up to 15 percent of the votes cast...