A lawyer for 11 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay says that 90 percent of the 505 prison camp detainees are participating in a hunger strike in "varying degrees," while US military officials have said...

David Safavian , a former Bush administration official who served as the chief of staff of the General Services Administration (GSA) and until Friday served as the administration's top procurement official in...

The private Commission on Federal Election Reform , a 21-member bipartisan panel headed by former US President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker , recommended Monday that widespread changes be made to...

Four protestors who threw blood on the walls of an army recruitment office in 2003 will face trial in a federal court in Monday on charges of damaging government property and conspiracy to impede an officer of...

Israeli officials announced Sunday that they will urge Britain to restrict laws which allow private war crimes suits to be filed against foreign citizens. The request was prompted by an incident last week where Doron Almog, former commander of...

The Supreme Court of Nepal ordered Sunday that the Royal Commission for Corruption Control, under the control of King Gyanendra , explain the detention of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba within...

Afghans voted in their first parliamentary elections in decades Sunday, without the significant violence feared by officials . Anti-government Taliban fighters had agreed not to attack civilian voters, but warned people to stay away from areas...

Widespread hunger strikes at the US military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay are troubling senior US commanders and presenting serious challenges in managing the detainees, the New York Times reported Sunday. As many as 200 detainees...

Iran cautioned the International Atomic Energy Agency Sunday that a referral to the UN Security Council may encourage Tehran to begin uranium enrichment. Iran broke seals at a uranium...

Chilean President Ricardo Lagos enacted a new constitution for his country Saturday designed to improve the nation's democratic system. Chile's previous constitution was approved in a controversial referendum in 1980 under the military rule...