The president of Germany's Constitutional Court said Sunday that despite the failure of past government efforts, the extreme right-wing National Democratic Party (NPD) could still be banned under German law, renewing interest in outlawing the...

Iraqi voters turned out in their millions Sunday, braving threats of a bloodbath at the polls to cast their ballots in the first democratic elections in the country in more than half a century. One official with the Independent...

The polls have opened in Iraq's first democratic election in a half-century. Stay tuned for continuous updates on our special Iraqi Elections website....

US Central Command reported late Saturday that the last UN-made ballots, printed by a special process in Switzerland to reduce the threat of fraud, have been delivered to polling stations in Baghdad as Iraq prepares to conduct its first...

A UN appeal to European Union countries to draft a joint resettlement policy that would allow for acceptance of more refugees was met with reluctance Saturday by European justice and immigration ministers gathered in Brussels. UN High Commissioner for...

Colombia officials in Bogota have announced the end of a dispute with Venezuela over the capture of leftist rebel leader Rodrigo Granda . Colombian officials have acknowledged paying bounty hunters to capture Granda, a spokesperson for...

Insurgents attacked a police station Saturday in Khanaqin near the border with Iran, killing eight people and making a total of seventeen killed across the country on the eve of elections. The latest attacks came even as security forces...

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission , a watchdog group supported by the UN and set up pursuant to the 2001 Bonn Agreement , called on the international community and the US-backed Afghan government [official website> Saturday...

The execution of serial killer Michael Ross was postponed early Saturday morning one hour before it was scheduled to take place . Ross attorney T.R. Paulding, hired by Ross last year to speed the execution process,...

Ross v. Rell, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 28, 2005 . Read the full text of the order here. Reported...