Five Chinese Uighur men who had been detained at Guantanamo Bay despite a determination that they are not enemy combatants have been flown to Albania , where government officials are reviewing their applications for asylum....
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a lower court's dismissal of a case challenging federal and California laws prohibiting same-sex marriage , saying that the plaintiffs must await the outcome...
Federal prosecutors said Friday that they will retry Umer Hayat, who is accused of lying to the FBI about his son's alleged terrorism-related activities, after jury deadlock in his first trial prompted US District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr....
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that Iran has a legal right to pursue its nuclear program and condemned a draft UN Security Council resolution currently being circulated , saying it does not have...
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke was dropped from Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet in a major cabinet shuffle Friday and was replaced by John Reid , who formerly served as...
A Russian jury on Friday acquitted two Chechens in the murder of American journalist Paul Klebnikov , who was the editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition when he was shot and killed in 2004. Kazbek Dukuzov...
AP is reporting that Porter Goss , director of the US Central Intelligence Agency has resigned. Goss, a former CIA and Army intelligence officer who chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence while a member...
The Illinois Supreme Court said Friday that it would not reconsider its decision ruling invalid a $10.1 billion judgment against Philip Morris USA in a case where the tobacco company had been...
US Department of State legal adviser John Bellinger defended US policies on the treatment of detainees as the UN Committee against Torture began its review Friday of US compliance with the Convention against Torture ....
A Russian court has ruled that officials at the Siberian prison holding former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky unfairly punished him in December by reprimanding him for leaving a prison workshop without receiving permission. The...
