A federal judge ruled Thursday that all evidence relevant to the CIA leak case against former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby should be considered for admission, despite government concerns about confidentiality....
The Royal Thai Army which took over the government of Thailand through a coup earlier this week said Thursday that four top leaders of the government of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin...
A federal judge Wednesday ruled that the Pentagon must release additional documents revealing the names of Guantanamo Bay detainees who have either been released or who have alleged abuse by prison guards or other detainees. The...
A US Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesman retreated Wednesday from comments made earlier this week by US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the case of Canadian Maher Arar in...
A judge in Turkey Thursday acquitted Turkish novelist Elif Shafak on charges that she "insulted the Turkish identity" in violation of Article 301 of the country's penal code, for comments referring...
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal Wednesday upheld a 2005 ruling that laws prohibiting gay sex are unconstitutional and discriminatory and violate Hong Kong's Basic Law and the Bill of...
A federal judge Wednesday reinstated a 2001 ban on road construction in almost a third of US forests, ruling that the Bush administration did not conduct appropriate environmental research before suspending the rule and giving states the...
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that a program in San Diego County which uses peace officers to search the homes of welfare applicants...
The US Senate Armed Services Committee voted 15-9 Thursday to send a bill authorizing military commissions drafted by Republican Senators John Warner, Lindsey Graham and John McCain to the full Senate for consideration...
US officials Thursday released two Kuwaiti men who had been held for four years at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay , Cuba, after the military announced their intended transfer over the...