The Vatican said Thursday that not all attacks by Palestinian militants against the Jewish state have received their condemnation because Israel's military response has at times violated international law. The statement came in response to criticism from...

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Thursday praised the Iraqi Special Tribunal , a court created to try Saddam Hussein and his allies, and vowed to protect members from purges because of...

Washington-based Alliance for Justice has urged an investigation of Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) , chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, claiming he violated ethics rules by trying to influence an appeals court decision in Chicago. Nan...

Republican lawmakers in the Senate on Thursday agreed to delay the Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005 , a bill limiting the rights of death row inmates to extend appeals in federal courts, because of strong Democratic opposition. The bill...

US judge Sterling Johnson on Thursday sentenced Yemeni cleric Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad, convicted in March of conspiring to support foreign terrorist groups , to 75 years in prison and fined him $1.25 million. Al-Moayad...

The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a massive energy plan that provides huge tax breaks and subsidies to energy companies, but is predicted to only modestly reduce gas prices and US reliance on oil. The...

Ugandans voted Thursday to decide whether to allow a multiparty system, after a ban of nearly 20 years by President Yoweri Museveni who claimed political parties promoted tribal divisions and were responsible causing civil war. The referendum...

Police in Pakistan said Thursday that a key suspect wanted in connection with the abduction and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl has been arrested. Mohammad Hashim, known as Arif, was arrested earlier in the week in...

The United States and five Asia-Pacific countries Thursday formally announced an agreement to fight global warming, but critics attacked the voluntary deal for its lack of emissions targets and claimed it undermined existing treaties. The...

FBI Director Robert Mueller went before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to argue that Congress should provide the FBI with the power to issue its own subpoenas, without court approval, so that it can...