The African Union introduced its own plan for expansion of the UN Security Council on Monday, despite ongoing negotiations that would give Africa permanent representation on the council and opposition by the US, Russia, and...

Iraq detailed concerns about corruption and violence delaying reconstruction as it submitted a list of its most pressing rebuilding needs to international donors on Monday. Concerns about graft and insurgent violence have meant delays and have resulted in only...

Despite approval of a military tribunal by the US courts and Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock , lawyers for Australian terror suspect David Hicks are looking to the US federal courts to get...

Iran demanded that Saddam Hussein face charges in connection with the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war at the end of a landmark visit to Tehran this week by Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari . Iraq agreed in May 2005 to...

Guatemala formally apologized on Monday for a government-ordered massacre that occurred during the country's civil war on July 18, 1982, taking the lives of 226. Vice President Eduardo Stein made the acknowledgement in a small town north...

The Senate on Monday confirmed Lester Crawford as the new head of the US Food and Drug Administration by a 78-16 vote , ending an earlier debate about his nomination stalled by...

Opposition legislators in the Philippines said Tuesday that they plan to file criminal charges against President Gloria Arroyo in connection with allegations of election fraud and corruption. Arroyo previously said she would "welcome" impeachment as...

Michael Newdow's latest challenge that "under God" is unconstitutional was narrowed by US District Judge Lawrence Karlton in Sacramento on Monday. After the US Supreme Court dismissed his lawsuit against the Pledge of Alliance for...

The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday rejected demands by Chinese plaintiffs for compensation for a germ attack against them in World War II, but the court did uphold the lower court's declaration that Japan carried...

The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia will take up the case of Jose Padilla Tuesday, the latest in a series of twists and turns the litigation has taken. The proceeding comes after...