The Israeli supreme court on Monday ordered the army to reopen its investigation of the shooting of a US peace activist in April 2003, giving the military just 90 days to interview six witnesses to the shooting...

A federal judge in South Carolina Monday granted a motion for a writ of habeas corpus for Jose Padilla , giving the Bush administration 45 days to either charge the terror suspect with a crime or...

A US District Court judge has refused to block new federal campaign finance regulations that an abortion rights interest group claims will hinder its ability to participate in political campaigns, and by extension impinges upon its First Amendment rights....

The US Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line , 03-1388, dealing with the issue of whether foreign cruise ships that stop at US ports must comply with...

Ten years after the world's nations pledged to achieve equality for women in the Beijing Declaration , the progress meeting organized by the UN Commission on the Status of Women started Monday with controversy over American insistence...

UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke has indicated in a letter to his Conservative Party shadow that he will amend the Prevention of Terrorism bill so that the government would have to apply to a judge...

The US State Department Monday released its 2004 annual reports on human rights practices in 196 countries, delivering with sharp criticisms of rights situations in Middle Eastern allies Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt. The document also censured...

In Monday's international brief, France's National Assembly met today in joint session with the country's Senate at the historic Palace of Versailles to approve an amendment to the French constitution that...

The Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari to a case raising the question of when plaintiffs can sue in federal court, as opposed to state court. The question has lately sparked an important political debate, as plaintiffs often prefer to...

Former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers testified Monday at his corporate fraud trial, now in its sixth week in Manhattan federal court. Ebbers said on the stand that he was unschooled in accounting...