Appointed sixth secretary-general of the United Nations in November 1991, Egyptian lawyer, academic, civil servant, and diplomat Boutros Boutros-Ghali (born 1922) sought to reassert the leadership role of the United Nations in contemporary world...

A state-appointed human rights body accused Egypt's government of fraud Tuesday, charging that public sector-workers were forced to vote in a referendum on constitutional reform. But the government said the people overwhelmingly endorsed the amendments.Justice Minister Mamdouh Marei told a news conference that the 'yes'...

South Korean businessman Tongsun Park, who was accused in the 1970s of trying to buy influence in Congress in the "Koreagate" scandal, was sentenced to five years in prison for accepting at least $2 million to work on Iraq's behalf to influence the U.N. oil-for-food...

The story had everything: secret agents, political intrigue, personal betrayal and cash. Lots and lots of cash. Yet, for all that, a remarkable trial that ended last week in a Manhattan courtroom—a proceeding that implicated figures in the highest echelons of international politics—was barely mentioned...

The story had everything: secret agents, political intrigue, personal betrayal and cash. Lots and lots of cash. Yet, for all that, a remarkable trial that ended last week in a Manhattan courtroom—a proceeding that implicated figures in the highest echelons of international politics—was barely...