Leading Friday's international brief, Zimbabwe Local Government and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo admitted to reporters today that reconstruction plans announced by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe would be incapable of meeting the housing needs of individuals made...

Leading Thursday's international brief, Pakistan's North West Frontier Province has passed a controversial law reminiscent of Afghan regulatons under the former Taliban regime that will allow the government to monitor individuals' compliance with Islamic...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, following a statement by military commander Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama , head of Fiji's military forces, that the army "will have no qualms about removing a government that will bring back chaos," Fiji Prime Minister...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the Joint Electoral Management Body in Afghanistan released the final list of approved candidates on Tuesday for the upcoming national parliamentary elections currently scheduled for September 18 . Under...

Leading Monday's international brief, debate begins today in the UN General Assembly on the draft resolution proposal to expand the UN Security Council by six new permanent member seats, among them the...

Leading Friday's international brief, G8 leaders ending their two-day summit in Scotland issued a final statement saying that they deplored "recent events" in Zimbabwe that have resulted in hundreds of thousands of individuals being left homeless due...

Leading Thursday's international brief, a Peruvian judge has ordered the arrest of 118 current and retired military officers for their alleged involvement in a 1988 attack against the Andean village of Cayara , in which soldiers allegedly...

Leading Wednesday's international brief, in a ruling originally expected in June, the Santiago Appeals Court has held that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was not entitled to immunity from prosecution for alleged human rights...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, Nepal Bar Association president Shambhu Thapa has called on King Gyanedra to relinquish his position as chairman of the Council of Ministers, which would effectively remove Gyanedra's direct control of the...

Leading Monday's international brief, Sudanese Speaker of the National Assembly Ahmad Ibrahim al-Tahir has announced that the Sudanese Parliament will approve the draft interim constitution scheduled for final reading on Wednesday, July 6. The Sudan Parliament adopted...