Former Alabama chief justice Roy Moore has announced that he will run for governor of Alabama in 2006, seeking the Republican nomination against incumbent Governor Bob Riley . Moore gained...

A declassified intergovernmental report obtained by the British newspaper The Independent says that Britain has one of the poorest human rights records in Europe, and that the UK is under investigation for non-compliance with European rights standards. The report,...

The European Court of Human Rights has granted the request of the British government to challenge Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights , widely interpreted as preventing countries from deporting terror suspects to...

In an effort to expand the nation's genetic database, US lawmakers are considering new legislation that would add DNA from thousands of suspected illegal immigrants, terror suspects and others who have been arrested, but not convicted, of...

New York state appeals judge Angela Mazzarelli Monday denied a bail request by two former Tyco International executives, a decision that will keep the men in jail during their appeal process. Former Tyco CEO...

UN chief war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte said Monday that Croatia is now fully cooperating with war crimes investigations by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , a key turnaround expected to help...

The Iraqi Special Tribunal Monday officially confirmed that ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein will go on trial on October 19 for the 1982 killings of 143 Shiite Muslims in the village of Dujail ,...

Following President Bush's nomination Monday morning of Harriet Miers to the US Supreme Court, Senators and various conservative and liberal interest groups are weighing in on the selection. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN)...

The Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) warned Monday of the possibility for new political crackdowns by the royalist government of Nepal against critics of King Gyanendra . The ICJ, issuing a statement...

The number of criminal investigations conducted by the FBI has almost been cut in half since 2000, due to the fact that the bureau made fighting terrorism its top priority after September 11, according to a new audit by...