The government of mainly-Muslim Malaysia has imposed a blanket ban on the controversial caricatures of Muhammad , making it an offense to publish, import, produce, manufacture, circulate, distribute or even possess the cartoons originally printed in a...

Initial results from the February 7 presidential election in Haiti indicate that Rene Preval , a former president and ally of ousted leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide has won...

Iraq's election chief on Friday announced certified results in the December 15 parliamentary elections , confirming results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) last month. Of the 275 seats, 128...

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has decided not to submit a bill to parliament that would allow women to succeed to the throne, Japanese media reported Friday. Koizumi had supported a proposal that would change...

US Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and 14 other Republican senators have introduced a proposal that would rewrite an asbestos bill to allow asbestos-related lawsuits only under strict medical criteria, rather than establishing a $140 billion fund [JURIST...

Andrew Lindberg , chief executive of the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) , has stepped down from his position as the Australian judicial inquiry continues its fourth week of investigations into alleged Australian connections to...

The number of discrimination charges against private employers filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission declined by five percent in 2005 , the third straight year the number of complaints fell. EEOC officials point to...

Leading Friday's international brief, Zimbabwe Lands Minister Didymus Mutasa has told reporters that following controversial constitutional reforms that took effect last year, there are no longer any white farmers operating legally in Zimbabwe. Mutasa said on state...

The US Air Force on Thursday released revised interim guidelines concerning the free exercise of religion in the Air Force which remove several restrictions on the promotion of religious beliefs. The revised guidelines,...

After receiving a royal pardon, Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy returned home to Cambodia Friday after a year of self-imposed exile in France. Sam Rainsy had fled to France after his parliamentary immunity was revoked...