The US State Department warned Thursday that the alienation of European Muslim communities through various laws and policies could fuel recruitment for terror groups. The Country Reports on Terrorism 2009 , an annual report the State Department...

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) transferred several high-profile prisoners to Guantanamo Bay to await trial in 2003, only to transfer them back into the CIA's network of secret prisons so they would not be...

The US Senate on Thursday failed to authorize a settlement between the US government and minority farmers for alleged discrimination. The $4.6 billion settlement would be distributed between several hundred thousand minority farmers. Among that group are...

The Supreme Court of Mexico on Thursday ruled 8-2 that a Mexico City law allowing same-sex marriage is constitutional. The law, passed last year , was challenged...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced that 14 individuals have been charged with providing money, personnel and services to the Somalia-based Islamic terrorism organization al-Shabaab . Prosecutors in the Southern District...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for the elimination of all nuclear weapons Thursday in a speech delivered during a visit to the Japanese city of Nagasaki. In his speech, Ban emphasized the importance of...

The US Senate on Thursday voted 63-37 to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court . The vote fell largely along party lines, with only one Democrat voting...

Federal authorities arrested a Chicago man Tuesday night on suspicion that he planned to travel to Somalia and train with terrorist groups there in order to become a suicide bomber. Acording to a complaint filed...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of former Iraqi detainees against US military contractors. The lawsuit, Al-Quraishi...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for Iraq's political leaders to work together "with a higher sense of urgency" to form a new government, warning that further delays could create more instability. Since holding...