The Iraqi National Assembly has voted unanimously to allow a seven-day extension to allow Iraq's constitutional committee time to finish drafting the Iraqi constitution . From Baghdad, the Iraq the Model weblog carries updates on...

Iraq's National Assembly has just convened its Monday evening session to consider Iraq's draft constitution . As reported earlier today on JURIST's Paper Chase, there have been conflicting reports over whether an agreement on the draft has...

Senior Teheran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi said Monday it was a lie that jailed Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji , who supporters claim has not eaten for 67 days, was on hunger strike. The situation involving Ganji has...

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday ordered an investigation into the operations of the multi-billion dollar procurement division of the United Nations. Annan said UN Controller Warren Sachs would oversee the division while an independent commission probes earlier...

JURIST is looking for talented, public-service oriented law students from law schools in the US and abroad to join our team of real-time legal news editors this fall.From Los Angeles to London, from Chicago to Cairo - if you're...

Indonesia and Muslim Aceh rebels on Monday signed a historic peace accord to end decades of fighting that killed thousands of people. Along with cessation of all hostilities, the separatists have dropped their long-held demands...

Palestinian Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Sufian Abu Zaydeh said Monday that the Palestinian Authority is demanding that the Israeli government release some 650 prisoners arrested during the Israeli settlement process of the Gaza Strip . Palestinian officials...

AP is reporting that a Shiite member of Iraq's constitutional committee is saying that an agreement, on all but two issues, will be referred to Iraq's National Assembly. As of Monday morning, the committee charged with drafting...

A three judge panel of Israel's High Court Sunday rejected a petition to prevent Israeli Defense Forces personnel from being employed to seal off areas of the Gaza Strip after the current Israeli settlers there have been...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed Ali Larijani as Secretary of Supreme National Security Council, a position that carries the responsibility of negotiating with European nations concerning Iran's continued insistence on...