Saddam Hussein on Thursday questioned why he only has access to his lawyer during interrogation sessions before judges investigating the charges against him. In a new released videotape of Saddam, he asked Judge Munir Haddad, "The lawyer only sees...

After another four explosions in the UK Thursday , the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in Britain immediately expressed the need for new and broader powers to deal with terrorism , such as the...

Leading Thursday's states brief, the South Dakota Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that remarriage does not automatically terminate alimony payments, but recipients must show there is a good cause to continue the payments. Justice Judith Meierhenry wrote, "Absent...

An official for the UN Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo accused neighboring Uganda on Thursday of harboring Congolese guerrilla fighters and violating a UN Security Council resolution . Uganda denied allegations that Congolese...

Iranian diplomats revealed plans on Thursday to file a lawsuit against anti-Syrian militia leader Samir Geagea for the kidnapping of four Iranian diplomats from Beirut who were subsequently delivered to Israel by the Christian Lebanese Forces...

Opposition lawmakers said Thursday that they have the support of over 50 Filipino lawmakers for the expected impeachment complaint against current President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo . The impeachment complaint, which is likely to be formally filed...

The US Department of the Treasury announced on Thursday that they have frozen the assets of six nephews of Saddam Hussein to help end support for terrorists and insurgents in Iraq. "This action targets the...

Leading Thursday's international brief, two of Africa's most prominent Nobel laureates have called for the African Union to impose sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe for his continued program of mass evictions in Operation Murambatsvina...

The UN Human Rights Committee joined Thailand's National Human Rights Commission in opposing new security powers given to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra . A cabinet decree now allows the government to impose curfews,...

The US Department of Justice launched a national online registry of sex offenders on Wednesday, compiling individual state databases into one location. The registry, which provides photographs and information such as how close offenders are...