The European Commission announced a proposal Tuesday that would require all customers making money transfers within the EU to register their name, address, and account number with the bank in an effort...

Two Republican senators proposed legislation Monday dealing with the detention of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo . Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced an amendment to a pending defense bill that would officially authorize the government to hold...

British politicians on Tuesday questioned a proposal that would allow the government to hold terrorism suspects for up to three months without charge . The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has asked that the period...

A draft chapter of the new Iraq constitution obtained by the Associated Press has raised concerns similar to those raised last week after another leaked draft obtained by the New York Times story prompted questions about the...

The Bush adminstration said Monday that it will release documents related to Judge John Roberts and his time in the White House counsel office and earlier position at the Attorney General's office, but not documents from his...

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney vetoed a bill on Monday that would have expanded access to emergency contraceptives . The move was symbolic since the bill passed the Massachusetts House and Senate with enough votes to override...

Muslim extremist Mohammed Bouyeri , who confessed to the November 2004 murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh , was sentenced to life in prison, the harshest possible sentence, on Tuesday in Amsterdam. Bouyeri said...

US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) , speaking before the conservative Heritage Foundation on Monday, called for a "comprehensive law" to punish those who leak sensitive government...

The head of the Arab League on Monday endorsed a definition of terrorism slated for inclusion in a long-stalled UN treaty that many Arab states oppose. The proposal would define terrorism as "the targeting and...

With the Senate stalled on a vote for the controversial nomination of John Bolton as the US Ambassador to the United Nations, President Bush may install him via recess appointment before the...