The Permanent Representatives Committee of the Council of the European Union Thursday agreed on a draft proposal for new rules to combat illegal immigration. Under the proposal, illegal aliens caught within the EU could...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday defended the Bush administration's authorization of the use of harsh interrogation tactics, including waterboarding , on suspected terrorist detainees. In her comments at the headquarters...

Alliance Defense Fund , a conservative Christian legal advocacy group, petitioned the Supreme Court of California Thursday to stay its May 15 decision overturning a ban on same-sex marriage until...

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announced Thursday that her office intends to launch a court challenge to last week's listing of the polar bear on the US endangered species list. The suit will be filed in...

The government of Pakistan reached an agreement with Taliban-linked Islamic militants in the Pakistani North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) area of Swat to implement Islamic Sharia law in the area, according to statements...

Accused Rwanda war crimes suspect Michel Bagaragaza was transferred from the Hague back to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania Wednesday after a...

Witt v. Department of the Air Force, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, May 21, 2008 [holding that the US military cannot dismiss a service member based on their sexual orientation alone, signaling a significant challenge to the...

The ban on cluster bombs currently being considered at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions could impede humanitarian efforts by discouraging cooperation with non-signatories, a US State Department official...

The US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 10-9 Wednesday to overturn a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that rejected California's request for a waiver allowing the...

The European Parliament Wednesday adopted new rules to criminalize acts that cause serious environmental damage. Among the offenses which could now receive criminal sanctions are the illegal disposal of radioactive substances, waste...