Nageh Ibrahim and Fouad el-Dawalibi, founding members of militant Egyptian Islamic movement al-Gamma al-Islamiyya , have been released after more than two decades in prison in connection with the killing of President Anwar Sadat during a...

In a victory for intelligent design advocates, the Kansas Board of Education on Tuesday approved by a vote of 6-4 revised science standards that require students to understand not only evolution , but also recent challenges...

The US Department of Justice is considering a request from the Central Intelligence Agency to open a criminal investigation into the leak of possibly classified information on the existence of secret CIA detention centers for suspected terrorists...

California voters Tuesday rejected a hotly-contested initiative that would have prevented lawmakers from drawing political voting districts . The initiative was allowed on the ballot after an appeal to the California...

A Pentagon official confirmed Tuesday that Omar al-Farouq, formerly one of Osama bin Laden's top aides until his capture in 2002, escaped from a US-run detention facility in Afghanistan in July with three other prisoners. His escape means he...

A new set of standards for handling detainees suspected of terrorism under US Department of Defense Directive 2310.1 has sparked internal debate within the Bush administration. The standards currently under development use language from the Geneva Conventions [ICRC...

The trial of four former makers of lead paint and pigment, Millennium Holdings, Sherwin-Williams, Atlantic Richfield , and NL Industries , began in Rhode Island Tuesday. State lawyers have alleged that the four companies are responsible for a...

Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Wednesday that he has received specific intelligence of a terrorist attack on the country, and urged lawmakers to strengthen the powers of Australian intelligence agencies. The news prompted Howard to hurriedly...

Daniel Martin, a 35-year old Gulf War veteran suffering from memory problems, asthma and anxiety, said Tuesday that he feels "vindicated" by a UK Pensions Appeal Tribunal ruling that awarded him a disability pension for...

A day after lawyers for Australian Guantanamo Bay prisoner David Hicks , said they have evidence that Hicks suffered sexual abuse and torture while in US custody, the Australian government has...