A new federal Information Security Oversight Office report indicates that 15.6 million documents were classified by the US government in 2004, almost double the number from 2001, leading to a cost to taxpayers of $7.2 billion....
Iraqi government spokesman Laith Kubba admitted Sunday that Iraqi security forces have commited abuse and torture in fighting the Sunni-led insurgency in Iraq. Kubba said that government ministers are concerned. Mohammed Hamed Qader, a Kurdish Islamic member of parliament,...
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has released a new report calling for the closure of the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, saying it has fueled hatred toward the West and has increased...
Republicans and Democrats have begun bracing for the upcoming battle over who will replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor after she announced her retirement from the court Friday. The debate is expected to be...
Iraq UN ambassador Samir Sumaida'ie has accused US Marines of shooting to death his 21-year old cousin Mohammed al-Sumaida'ie during a raid of his father's house in Haditha, a city in Iraq's western Anbar province...
A White House spokesman acknowledged Friday that the administration had so far turned up no evidence to support allegations that Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad played a role of the 1979 Iranian takeover of the US...
The Bush administration indicated Thursday that it is against extending the current Terrorism Risk Insurance Act when it expires at the end of the year, saying it was meant to be temporary. The law was enacted after 9/11...
The UN Compensation Committee approved the final claims from victims of the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait Thursday, bringing the total award payments to $52.5 billion. The panel, which consists of the fifteen...
The Spanish Catholic Bishops Conference Thursday deplored the 187-147 vote by the country's Congress of Deputies to legalize same-sex marriage , calling for citizens to publicly oppose the law "through all legitimate means". In...
The US House of Representatives passed a measure Thursday which would cut federal funding for development projects that involve seizure of private property. The legislation approved 231-189 was proposed in response to last week's US Supreme Court ruling on...
