The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will refuse to execute Ali Hassan al-Mahid , better known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali," over the Iraqi Presidency Council's decision not to approve the...
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson Friday signed a notice for submission to the Federal Register explaining the agency's reasons for denying California's request for a waiver ...
Opposition members of parliament in Burundi sought protection from the UN Thursday, alleging that they have been targeted for assassination by the Burundi government. The legislators sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ,...
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that a 2006 North-Rhine Westphalia law authorizing intelligence agents to search personal computers, networks, and Internet communications was unconstitutional. The court ruled [text, in German; press...
Turkish President Abdullah Gul Friday approved amendments to the country's constitution that will ease a current ban on Islamic headscarves in universities. Gul's office said in a statement that the amendments did not conflict...
The European Commission (EC) , the executive branch of the European Union, is still awaiting appropriate responses from Romania and Poland regarding allegations that they assisted the CIA in operating secret prisons for terror suspects,...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Friday upheld the dismissal of a case brought by approximately three million Vietnamese plaintiffs against more than 30 American chemical companies for producing and...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said through a spokesperson Wednesday that freedom of expression should take into account respect for religious beliefs . The comments come in response to the recent controversy over the reprinting [JURIST...
Australian Aborigine groups said Friday they are preparing lawsuits in response to an offical apology delivered Wednesday by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in an address to Parliament, publicly accepting responsibility for the historical...
The Russian Supreme Court Friday rejected for the second time an appeal by former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov to reinstate his candidacy in the Russian presidential election to be...