Iraqi lawmakers said Saturday that new discussions on the text of the Iraqi constitution are underway, following calls for national unity after a Baghdad stampede of Shiite religious celebrants incited by the rumor of a suicide...

Prince Talal bin Abdel-Aziz , a half-brother of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called for political reform in Saudi Arabia, including the introduction of a constitution and a "quasi-legislative council." He told Radio Monte Carlo [media...

Israel's High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction Sunday prohibiting the destruction of 20 synagogues in the now-evacuated Gaza Strip until further notice. The order was issued in response to requests made by...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Sunday that his nation would take legal action against Christian evangelist Pat Robertson and could seek his extradition to Venezuela, after Robertson suggested his assassination last week. In...

Australian Prime Minister John Howard rejected a proposal Monday that Muslim girls be forbidden from wearing headscarves in public schools, saying that banning headscarves only would be impractical and banning headscarves only would be inconsistent. The suggestion...

Iran rejected conditional negotiations with Europe concerning its nuclear program Sunday, instead voicing interest in talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency . Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi also said the United States would not be included...

Omri Sharon , a member of the Israeli Knesst and the son of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , was indicted Sunday on charges of forgery, perjury and violating campaign finance laws, stemming from his fund raising activities...

From Monday Iranian judges will be allowed to carry handguns and may shoot if they feel threatened, according to an official speaking Sunday after the fourth attack on an Iranian judge in four weeks. Tehran...

Egypt Saturday released from prison Mahmoud Ezzat, secretary-general of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood opposition group. Ezzat was arrested in May in a crackdown on political protests, days before the country's...

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is seeking a court order requiring warning labels on foods that contains acrylamide , a chemical found in potato chips and french fries that the state believes may...