Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Monday that he will continue with democratic reforms in Egypt and pledged to work with opposition to move "forward on the path of democracy." Mubarak's address to parliament follows several...
President Bush on Monday slammed the Senate's failure to renew the USA Patriot Act as "inexcusable," saying the legislation is a crucial part of the government's efforts to prevent future terror attacks....
The Federal Bureau of Investigation reported Monday that the US murder rate rose 2.1 percent during the first six months of 2005, though rates for other significant offenses, such as rape and arson, are on...
The International Court of Justice , ruled Monday that Uganda violated the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of Congo during a 1998-2003 war and was responsible for human rights abuses and the plundering of Congolese natural...
At least 24 former officials from the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein have been released from jail, an Iraqi lawyer said Monday. The former officials released include Rihab Taha , the biological weapons expert...
A German court on Monday acquitted former Nazi commander Ladislav Niznansky on murder charges stemming from three World War II massacres in Slovakia. The 88-year-old former Slovak army commander faced 164 counts of murder in connection with...
The US House of Representatives early Monday morning passed legislation that would ban the torture of terror detainees and would require that detainees in US custody be treated humanely. The military spending bills also contain provisions that...
During a press conference Monday morning, US President George W. Bush defended his authorization of the National Security Agency's eavesdropping on US residents , saying he has the constitutional responsibility and constitutional authority as...
Eight detainees held at Guantanamo Bay have told their lawyers that they were tortured at a secret prison in Afghanistan, according to report released Sunday by the New York-based Human Rights Watch . The detainees...
The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved by voice vote the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2005 , which will extend for two years the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 , under which the...
