John Negroponte , director of US national intelligence, has said that the US has no immediate plans to put detained suspected senior al Qaeda members on trial. In a speech Thursday commemorating the first anniversary of...

The US Department of Homeland Security and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) announced a comprehensive plan to combat illegal immigration on Thursday which involves cracking down on companies that harbor...

Leading Friday's environmental law news, the California Air Resources Board has approved a plan that calls for new emissions regulations and business incentives to reduce air pollution from shipping companies, railroads and trucking companies....

The European Council counter-terrorism coordinator has reported that the existence of secret CIA prisons in Europe cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Addressing a European Parliament committee on Thursday, Gijs de Vries ...

Royal proclamation to the nation from King Gyanendra of Nepal, April 21, 2006 .English-language translation from eKantipur.com:Beloved Countrymen,You are all...

The US State Department has said the US intends to release 100 prisoners from Guantanamo Bay as soon as it identifies countries that will accept them. Speaking at the US embassy in Paris on...

AP is reporting that Nepal's King Gyanendra has said that executive power "shall be returned to the people from this day forward." Gyanendra's statement follows a last attempt to put an end to pro-democracy protests...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Thursday that the failure of Internet service providers to retain user records has impeded US Justice Department investigations into child pornography and said that the department is looking into setting "reasonable"...

The National Security Archive Fund, Inc. v. The United States Department of the Air Force, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, April 19, 2006 [holding that the United States Air Force had engaged in a pattern or...

A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday voiced grave concern "at the escalating wave of violence surrounding the pro-democracy demonstrations throughout Nepal in recent days," noting in particular several incidents where Nepalese police have fired on...