Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday asked his defense minister to create a plan for removing 24 Jewish settler outposts, deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice , from the Palestinian West Bank....
The US military confirmed Wednesday that it currently holds at least 8 female prisoners as security threats at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad after captors of an American journalist demanded the US free all Iraqi...
US President George Bush on Friday defended the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay , calling it "a necessary part of protecting the American people". Bush's comments came during a White House press conference with German Chancellor...
A US Department of Justice spokesperson on Friday confirmed that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the NSA domestic surveillance program at the request ...
New Jersey Gov. Richard J. Codey on Thursday signed several bills, including one which creates a special commission on the death penalty and places a moratorium on capital punishment until at least 60 days...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee completed its questioning of Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito on Thursday, the fourth day of its confirmation hearings for the Third Circuit jurist. Alito, who appears...
Syrian officials announced Thursday that President Bashar al-Assad would not submit to questioning by the UN probe into the assassination of former Lebanese president Rafik Hariri . Information Minister Mahdi Dahkl-Allah claimed that the refusal...
Ligue Iteka , a human rights group in Burundi, on Thursday criticized this week's release of 673 political prisoners held for alleged crimes related to Burundi's 12-year civil war . Ligue Iteka director Jean...
Tenet Healthcare , the country's second-largest private hospital chain, on Thursday agreed to a $215 million settlement to end class action shareholder lawsuits alleging that some of the company's officers and directors misled investors about Medicare...
US Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine has forwarded a request to investigate President Bushs authorization of National Security Agency (NSA) eavesdropping on US residents to the Departments Office of Professional Responsibility, citing...