German officials Sunday announced the arrest in Mannheim of Ignace Murwanashyaka , leader of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) . While the arrest was based on immigration violations, Murwanashyaka could face deportation or extradition to Rwanda...

US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) Sunday urged President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney to go public about their roles in disclosure of classified information in the CIA leak case ....

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal envoy on human rights has told the Observer newspaper in an interview published Sunday that some Iraqis who have been detained by Coalition forces since the start of the war in Iraq have...

The Israeli Justice Ministry said Sunday that Israel will declare Prime Minister Ariel Sharon officially incapacitated on Tuesday. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in early January. Acting...

Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators took to the streets in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu Sunday despite a Saturday-imposed curfew and threats from the government to shoot violators on sight. Scuffles with police, one death, and numerous injuries were...

King Gyanendra of Nepal announced a strict all-day curfew Saturday that forced pro-democracy leaders to postpone a large rally organized by the country's seven main political parties. He ordered violators to be...

President Bush indicated in his weekly radio address Saturday that he would not support any immigration reform that would grant amnesty to illegal immigrants. Although he continued to call for a temporary guest worker...

A US military lawyer acting as defense counsel for a Yemeni prisoner on trial for terrorism-related offenses before a military commission at Guantanamo Bay on Friday challenged a US Department of...

UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Juan Mendez said Friday that the international community remains reluctant to contribute the funds and military personnel necessary to stop genocide worldwide, as he spoke at a press conference...

Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed , alleged to have masterminded the 2004 Madrid train bombings , claimed Friday in papers filed with the Italian court hearing his criminal case that he had been mistreated by Spanish and...