French interior minister Nicolas Sarcozy said Monday that the European Union should suspend any further enlargement given the strong rejection of the European Constitution by French and Dutch voters. The statement was...

An Israeli military tribunal Monday convicted former Israeli soldier Taysir Hayb of manslaughter in connection with the killing of Tom Hurndall , a British peace activist . Hurndall was shot while helping Palestinian children avoid gunfire in...

Lawyers for detainees at Guantanamo Bay say they are frustrated by delays that have prevented any court hearings for their clients, despite a US Supreme Court order from almost a year ago that granted them access...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to sign into a law a measure passed by both houses of the Russian parliament that will abolish the country's inheritance tax, according to reports on Monday. After Putin...

The World Tribunal on Iraq an unofficial grouping of antiwar activists and intellectuals who have held some 20 meetings around the world over the last two years, concluded its final session in Istanbul Monday by...

A Spanish prosecutor Monday called for legal rather than military means of fighting the war on terror during closing arguments in the trial of three men suspected of aiding the 9/11 attacks. Apparently referring to US strategy...

The US Supreme Court on Monday upheld an FCC determination that broadband cable modem companies are free from the mandatory regulations that apply to common-carriers. The 6-3 ruling means cable companies are allowed to keep rival...

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that police officers are immune from suits based on how they enforce restraining orders. In a 7-2 decision the Court said that a woman whose estranged husband murdered her three children did not...

The US Supreme Court recessed for the summer Monday morning without any announcement from Chief Justice William Rehnquist on his possible retirement from the bench after 33 years of service. Speculation had been rife that the ailing...

The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Ten Commandments can be displayed on the grounds of a state capitol building. The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had previously ruled in Van Orden v. Perry [Northwestern University...