After sending a draft back to lawmakers for reconsideration earlier this month, King Mswati III of Swaziland has signed a new constitution for the sub-Saharan African nation amid concerns that it...

In an interview with the Associated Press reported Tuesday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he would reconsider his predecessor John Ashcroft's policies on public access to government information. In October 2001 Ashcroft tightened existing policies...

A new draft of the Iraqi constitution published Tuesday in Baghdad's Al-Sabah newspaper declares "Islam is the official religion of the state and is the main source of legislation," raising the concern of US...

A UN legal expert has recommended urgent action be taken to restore the rule of law in Ecuador following last December's Congressional ouster of 27 of 31 Supreme Court judges . The Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission...

Italy and France announced new security measures Friday designed to combat terrorism following the recent London bombings . Although neither nation has been the target of Islamic terrorists, both have tightened security on transit systems and are investigating...

The Japanese parliament passed a measure Friday giving Japanese Minister of State for Defense Yoshinori Ohno the legal power to shoot down incoming missiles without consulting the prime minister or cabinet. The bill, which passed in the...

Western intelligence security services believe that Ratko Mladic , who has been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for war crimes, is still being protected by covert members of...

California Superior Court Judge Gail Ohanesian removed Proposition 77 , a redistricting plan by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger , from the November 7 state ballot Thursday, holding that supporters violated California's constitution by using two significantly different versions...

Senior magistrates in Spain's Audiencia Nacional, the country's primary terrorist court, say that they are contemplating refusing to extradite Spanish nationals to Germany after German officials refused to extradite and later released Mamoun Darkazanli , a...

The US Department of State urged senators Thursday not to pass the UN Reform Act of 2005 , legislation introduced by Senators Norm Coleman (D-MN) and Dick Lugar (R-IN) , that cuts the dues the...