Over 1,000 protesters gathered in Minsk Monday to call for the release of opposition politicians in Belarus , including Alexander Milinkevich , who was jailed last week for attending an illegal demonstration....

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Marshall v. Marshall , 04-1544, that federal courts can in some cases decide disputes which involve state probate laws. In overturning a...

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in three cases, including Holmes v. South Carolina , 04-1327, where the Court struck down a South Carolina rule which prevented Holmes from...

A federal judge has sentenced former University of South Florida computer science professor Sami Al-Arian to another 18 months in prison before being deported after Al-Arian pleaded guilty in the terrorism case last...

Shiite leaders in Iraq have indicated that they are willing to give up control of the Iraqi Interior Ministry, beleaguered in recent months by allegations of prisoner abuse and death squads . During negotiations on the...

The Constitutional Court of Thailand agreed Monday to consider a petition to void the country's April 2 general election after Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej called on the court last week to take a...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour headed to Darfur Monday as she continued a five-day visit to Sudan to press the government to end the violence and address rights...

Former US Senator John Danforth has called a Republican-sponsored constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage "silly," saying the Republican party's stance calls for them to interpret the constitution narrowly rather than expansively. Speaking...

Jury selection will begin Monday in the second trial of John Allen Muhammad , who was convicted of one sniper shooting in Virginia but now faces six murder charges for killings in Maryland that occurred during...

The jurors in the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui are set to resume deliberations Monday after spending a weekend at home. The Alexandria, Virginia, jury stopped work Friday in the wake of an admonishment from Judge...