President of the Honduran National Congress Jose Alfredo Saavedra said Monday that lawmakers will most likely not make a decision about whether to restore ousted president Manuel Zelaya before the...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday extended a deadline for filing an amended settlement agreement between Google and groups of authors and...

Former Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) lawyer Robert Miller pleaded guilty in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to one count of securities fraud and...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases. In Graham v. Florida , the Court heard arguments questioning whether the Eighth...

The trial of Zimbabwe Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer and deputy agriculture minister-nominee Roy Bennett began Monday, but was adjourned until Wednesday to allow Judge Chinembiri Bhunu to make a...

Some 50,000 people marched in Buenos Aires on Saturday in support of gay pride and to encourage the timely approval of legislation set to legalize same-sex marriage . Argentina's Parliament is currently debating...

A letter from a Guantanamo Bay detainee, made public Monday, alleges that conditions at the prison have worsened for detainees a year after the election of US President Barack Obama . Abdul Rahman...

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a stay of execution for convicted DC-area sniper John Allen Muhammad , clearing the way for his scheduled execution on Tuesday. Muhammad...

Canadian prosecutors announced Saturday that a Rwandan genocide suspect has been charged under Canada's Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act . Jacques Mungwarere, arrested Friday by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)...

The Chinese government has executed nine people sentenced to death for their role in the July Xinjiang riots , state media reported Monday. The report indicated that the individuals were executed "according to the...