Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party , led by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, on Friday proposed changes to the pacifist language of the country's constitution, originally written by US occupation forces in 1947. Article 9 of Japan's...

Tajikistan's Education Ministry on Friday banned female Muslim students from wearing headscarves in secular schools. Education Minister Abdudjabor Rakhmonov said wearing the hajib, a traditional Muslim head covering, violates the country's constitution and education laws. Tajikistan is a secular...

Official campaigning began Friday for Kenya's controversial draft constitution, on which a referendum will be held November 21 . The proposed draft has divided the country over issues including presidential power controls, separation of...

Results of the October 15 referendum on the Iraqi Constitution faced further delay on Friday, with results now not expected for at least another day or two. The release of results was already delayed once [JURIST...

Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Jon Stanhope has said the federal government is excluding him from consulting on the next draft of anti-terrorism proposals after Stanhope leaked a draft of the bill last...

Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco announced on Thursday that she will not extend an eviction ban, allowing landlords to start making repairs to houses and apartments damaged by Hurricane Katrina . Starting Tuesday, landlords may once...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Thursday that the government may block Americans from giving financial support to foreign organizations designated as terrorist groups. The group in question, Mujahedin-e Khalq...

Canada must make "significant improvements" in its efforts to meet international human rights obligations, according to a new Amnesty International Canada report critical of the Canadian government for reserving the right to deport people to countries where they...

Josip Jovic will surrender to the UN tribunal in The Hague Friday to face contempt charges in connection with publishing the name and testimony of a protected witness in 2000. Jovic and colleague Marijan Krizic were each charged with...

The UK's Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ruled against the deportation of a Zimbabwean man on Thursday and sharply criticized the Home Office for an "alarming" lack of interest in the conditions deportees would face back...