Human Rights Watch (HRW) Wednesday accused agents of the Burundi National Intelligence Service of widespread abuses since the new government came into power, including killings and torture . HRW contended in...

Atheist Michael Newdow , the man who sued to have the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance , will be able to proceed with a libel...

The US Department of Education announced Tuesday that it is changing its regulations in order to allow public schools more discretion in providing for the separate education of boys and girls. The changes, to be...

A Dutch court took steps Monday to obtain testimony from Saddam Hussein in an appeal by a Dutch businessman convicted of selling chemicals that were used in poison gas attacks in Iraq. Frans Van...

The Secure Fence Act of 2006 , the second portion of a two-part plan to tackle illegal immigration in the US, was sent to President George Bush Monday for his signature. The...

The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has ruled that Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj can act as his own lawyer in his upcoming trial. An...

The lead legal consultant for the military regime that took over the Thai government in a bloodless coup in September was elected Tuesday to serve as speaker of the National Legislative Assembly , which is tasked...

Turkey's broadcasting watchdog urged a boycott Wednesday of French television programs and movies to protest the French parliament's approval of a bill that criminalizes denial of an Armenian genocide . The board...

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday declared a state of emergency in the Nigerian state of Ekiti after Governor Ayodele Fayose was impeached by state lawmakers earlier this week following his conviction for corruption...

A former guard at the Nazi Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria has been released from a Michigan jail after Germany, Romania and Hungary all refused to take custody of him, according to a spokesman for the US...