A plan devised by Egyptian mediators calls for Israel to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the return of an Israeli soldier held by Hamas , Reuters reported Tuesday, citing an anonymous...
The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled Tuesday that US tariffs on softwood lumber from Canada violate international trade rules. The appellate report reverses April's panel...
A federal judge in Mississippi ruled Tuesday that Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company was not obligated to cover a policyholder's claims for water damage caused by Hurricane Katrina . The trial was the first resulting from...
British authorities on Tuesday arrested another suspect in connection with last week's foiled terror plot to blow up jetliners headed for various airports in the United States, bringing the number of arrested suspects up to 25. London's...
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now requiring passenger data to be sent to US authorities before flights leave Britain for the United States in the wake of last week's arrests for...
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday visited the Yasukuni war shrine on the anniversary of the day when Emperor Hirohito surrendered World War II in 1945. The shrine honors all Japanese war...
The ruling military junta in Myanmar will resume negotiations for a new constitution this fall, Myanmar Ambassador to the Philippines Thaung Tun said Tuesday. Tun told journalists that the constitution is 75 percent complete,...
A US federal court judge has released the Chicago Public Schools from federal budgetary reporting oversight in respect of its desegregation efforts more than 25 years after a 1980 agreement that required...
Some 24,000 illegal immigrants with school-age children are waiting to learn whether they will be deported from France after the expiration of a Monday deadline set by French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy for...
Three men were sentenced to death and five men to life in prison in Bangladesh Tuesday for their involvement in a series of bombings on police, court and government buildings last year....