British millionaire Friedhelm Eronat has been awarded oil rights for the Darfur region of Sudan , an area where the Sudanese government has been accused of war crimes and mass murders. Human rights groups like Global Witness ...

Venezuela has officially requested the extradition of alleged terrorist and Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles . Carriles, a naturalized Venezuelan and former CIA collaborator, is wanted for allegedly blowing up a Cuban airline in 1976 and later escaping...

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz visited a Rwandan genocide memorial Thursday and apologized on behalf of the international community for its failure to prevent the 1994 mass genocide . Wolfowitz is on...

Notes from a series of Pentagon meetings in 2003 show that General Counsel of the Department of the Navy Alberto Mora warned high-level officials that Guantanamo interrogation techniques could expose them to criminal prosecution, according to ABC...

The US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved North Carolina judge Terrence Boyle for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, effectively sending him to the full Senate for confirmation. Boyle survived a...

The US government Thursday publicly expressed support for expanding the UN Security Council by "two or so" permanent members, saying that a larger expansion could hinder the effectiveness of the group. Review the State Department briefing ...

Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica denied earlier reports Thursday that his government was negotiating a surrender with war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic . Two Serbian newspapers and a rights activist claimed that the government...

Veteran civil servant Donald Tsang was declared the new leader of Hong Kong Thursday after his nomination was supported by roughly 85 percent of the election committee, a 796-member group largely loyal to...

A new poll released by the Pew Research Center shows a reduction in favorable views of the the US Supreme Court on both sides of the political spectrum. According to the poll released Wednesday,...

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney Thursday announced his support of a drive to put before state voters a proposed constitutional amendment to ban both same-sex marriage and civil unions. Massachusetts is the only US state where same-sex...