In the first national poll conducted by the government in Iraq, over two-thirds of all respondents said they favored increased rights for women, so long as those rights did not violate the teachings of Islam. The poll, which was...

The Non-Governmental Organisations Co-ordinating Board of Kenya may be empowered to conduct tighter reviews of the legal status of NGOs operating in Kenya, after several members of the Kenyan Parliament raised loud objections over the...

AP is reporting that, according to a Shiite lawmaker, Monday's Iraqi parliament session on the draft Iraqi constitution has been postponed for two hours. The draft constitution must be submitted to the National Assembly Monday in...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said Monday that the country will hold a referendum on September 29 on a draft charter for peace and national reconciliation for those involved in the instability and conflicts of the last 13...

During a Sunday rally co-sponsored by the conservative Christian groups Family Research Council and Focus on the Family , leaders slammed "judicial tyranny" and said the goal of the event was to educate evangelical Christians about...

Shiite and Kurdish leaders said Monday that they are prepared to submit the draft of Iraq's new constitution to parliament, just meeting the August 15 deadline, even in the face of Sunni Arab objections. Though it...

Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday announced plans to implement a new set of anti-terror measures that would allow the military to shoot down hijacked commercial planes the government believes will be used as weapons, prohibit negotiations with hijackers,...

The family of Saddam Hussein told reporters Sunday that the Iraqi Special Tribunal has blocked its attempt to replace the former dictator's massive Jordan-based legal team. Earlier this month, Hussein's family dissolved said it was dissolving the...

Iraqi political leaders and lawmakers met again Sunday amid conflicting reports about the likelihood that the Iraqi constitutional committee would complete a draft of the new Iraqi constitution before the August 15 deadline. On...

Security in the Gaza Strip increased Sunday, on the eve of the implementation of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan to withdraw Israeli settlers . Police are expected to encounter pockets of...