Members of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting in Vienna agreed Thursday to pursue a Russian compromise proposal rather than report Tehran to the UN Security Council for its nuclear...

A group of gay marriage opponents in Massachusetts said Wednesday they had gathered enough signatures to put a proposed constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage on the state ballot. The group, lead by the Massachusetts Family Institute and...

The National Education Association (NEA) has promised to appeal a Wednesday ruling by a federal judge in Michigan dismissing its lawsuit challenging the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) [PDF text; executive summary; US Dept....

An advisor to the European Union's highest court, the European Court of Justice , advised the body Tuesday that sharing airline passenger data with the US should be declared illegal . Advocate General Philippe Leger said...

Conrad Black , the media tycoon and former chairman of Hollinger International recently indicted on criminal fraud charges failed to appear for his arraignment in a Chicago courtroom Tuesday. The arraignment was delayed until November 30...

Austrian prosecutors filed charges Tuesday against British historian David Irving , who was arrested last week for violating an Austrian law making it illegal to deny the Holocaust. Prosecutor Otto Schneider said, "A charge was filed...

Chile's high court voted 5-0 Monday to uphold a lower court decision detaining former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori as he fights extradition to Peru. He will remain in custody until Peru requests...

Former Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez filed a criminal complaint with the country's attorney general Monday seeking sedition and conspiracy charges against his successor, former Vice President Alfredo Palacio , for allegedly overthrowing...

A federal lawsuit was filed against McLennan County, Texas Monday by three war protestors claiming that new county ordinances prohibiting roadside parking and camping interferes with their ability to gather outside President Bush's Crawford ranch. Plaintiffs Richard...

French Ambassador to the US Jean-David Levitte said Monday that France was "back to normal" following three weeks of rioting and he denied that religion played a role in the violence, which was prevalent in...