The Israeli cabinet on Monday approved the release of 429 Palestinian prisoners as a gesture of good will toward Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the wake of talks renewed peace talks between Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Monday sentenced a former witness to nine months in prison for contempt of court and giving false testimony before the tribunal. The witness, who was only identified as...

The retrial of six Frenchmen who were released from the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay began Monday in Paris. The six stand accused of attending combat training at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan. France...

Pakistani election officials ruled Monday that former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif cannot not run as a candidate in January parliamentary elections because of a 2000 criminal conviction. A rival candidate had challenged Sharif's nomination based on...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in three cases , including Philippines v. Pimental (06-1204) , in which the Supreme Court will consider whether the government of the...

The military government of Myanmar Monday rejected calls from the United Nations for the country's constitution-drafting process to be opened to outside groups, saying that the new constitution would be drafted solely by a 54-member constitution-drafting...

A unanimous panel of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) Monday denied bail to former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav , also known as Duch,...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Monday pardoned British school teacher Gillian Gibbons, convicted of insulting Islam last week for allowing her students to name the class teddy bear Muhammad. Last Thursday, Gibbons was sentenced to 15...

Incoming Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Monday that he has signed Australia's instrument of ratification for the Kyoto Protocol , ending nearly 10 years of Australian opposition to the pact. Rudd...

Venezuelans have rejected sweeping constitutional reforms proposed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez by a narrow margin of 51 to 49 percent, preliminary results of Sunday's constitutional referendum showed on Monday. Chavez, accepting...