Two political parties went to court in Kenya on Thursday to try and block a vote on a draft constitution, claiming that President Mwai Kibaki manipulated the text to increase his powers. Both the opposition Kenya African...

After last week's initial meeting , the Indonesia-East Timor truth commission officially opened Thursday in Bali. The commission to investigate the 1999 violence in East Timor is aimed at reconciliation and continued improving relations between the...

Proponents of a ballot initiative backed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger that would change the way political districts are drawn in California have lodged an appeal with the state Supreme Court asking that the issue be reinstated for...

Taysir Hayb, a former Israeli soldier, was sentenced Thursday to 8 years in prison following his manslaughter conviction by a military tribunal for the shooting of Tom Hurndall , a British peace activist . The...

Under new antiterrorism measures announced last week by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, UK police Thursday detained 10 foreigners, from countries including Jordan, Lebanon, and Algeria, who have been deemed to pose a security threat and scheduled...

Iraqi leaders continued to work on hammering out the final details of their new Constitution Thursday, with a Monday deadline looming over the talks. Debates over federalism and the role of a centralized government are still a...

Diplomats at an emergency meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency are working Thursday on a resolution that expresses "serious concern" over the restart of Iran's nuclear program , but stops short of asking the UN...

The Republican National Committee has spent over $722,000 on lawyers from the highly-regarded Washington firm Williams & Connolly to defend James Tobin on vote tampering charges, an RNC spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. Tobin, President Bush's 2004 campaign chairman...

New documents on the legal career of US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts are expected to be released Thursday by the National Archives and the Ronald Reagan presidential library, but Senate Democrats are continuing calls [JURIST...

Omar Bakri Mohammed, the British cleric who fled to Lebanon after being named in an investigation into possible treason charges for allegedly praising the London bombings, was detained by Lebanese police Thursday. Bakri, who has...