Financial giant Citigroup said Friday that it will pay $2 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit over its role in helping to engineer a massive accounting fraud at Enron . The settlement will...

Nevada death row inmate Robert McConnell invoked an 11th-hour appeal Thursday night to avoid a scheduled execution at Nevada State Prison , saying he didn't want to die. The former car salesman was sentenced to death...

A group of US navy veterans who survived a surprise attack by Israeli forces against their vessel during the Six Day War in 1967 are seeking a Pentagon investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes....

Head of Bolivia's Supreme Court Eduardo Rodriguez was sworn in as president of the country late Thursday after the Bolivian Congress accepted the second resignation of President Carlos Mesa . Bolivia's third president in less than...

Former Bank of America broker Theodore C. Sihpol was found not guilty Thursday of aiding a New Jersey hedge fund in illegally trading mutual funds after the close of the stock market. Sihpol was acquitted of 29...

Concluding a four-day party congress Thursday, Syria's ruling Baath party called for political reforms and a broadening of press freedom in an effort to move away from the emergency law in place since the party took power...

US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said Thursday that the US would release $10 million in economic aid to Serbia that had earlier been frozen due to Washington's unhappiness with Serbia's apparent unwillingness to cooperate with the...

As part of an administration effort to rally support for reauthorization of key provisions of the Patriot Act due to expire later this year , President Bush Thursday credited the Act with helping to secure the convictions of...

Qatar's new constitution came into force Thursday, replacing the provisional constitution of 1970. The new charter permits parliamentary elections and provides the citizens of Qatar with the power to elect two-thirds of those members. The Emir will appoint...

Recently appointed US Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Richard Jones said Thursday that Iraq should look to Malaysia as a model for the development of the Iraqi constitution. Jones pointed out...