The Congolese government Friday denied allegations by Amnesty International that roughly 65 civilians were being detained and possibly tortured in the southeastern province of Katanga . The human rights organization said that the detainees were accused...

A judge in Paris investigating the disappearance of four French citizens during the dictatorial reign of Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Chile has renewed arrest warrants for Pinochet and 18 other members of the Chilean military. The warrants...

Citing a pattern of fraud at American International Group Inc. , the world's largest insurer by market value, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has filed suit against AIG, its former chief executive, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg ,...

Reuters is reporting that the US military has begun an investigation into the shooting death Friday of an Iraqi inmate at Abu Ghraib prison . The army provided only a brief statement. "An Abu Ghraib detainee died...

US District Judge James A. Redden ruled Thursday that the Bush administration distorted information to downplay the harm that 14 federal dams cause to the endangered salmon and steelhead of the Columbia and Snake rivers, neglecting its duty to...

Despite the recent campaign by French President Jacques Chirac to push the European Union constitution , thirteen successive polls indicate that the majority of French voters will vote "no" to the charter in a referendum...

News briefing on Koran mishandling allegations, Brigadier General Jay Hood, commander of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, May 26, 2005. Excerpt: For the last 12 days, we have conducted an extensive inquiry into the allegations concerning mishandling of the Koran. From...

The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence was unable to come to a final agreement Thursday regarding an FBI proposal for increased power to seize records and mailings in terror investigations under the USA Patriot...

President Bush's languishing air pollution initiative received a boost on Thursday when the Environmental Protection Agency agreed to a request made months ago by the Senate to examine competing legislation. The President's plan, known as Clear Skies...

The proposed European Union Constitution received overwhelming legislative approval in Germany Friday. With all but one of Germany's 16 states in support of the constitution, the final "yes" vote in the Bundesrat , the...