A Pennsylvania federal court Monday was set to consider whether school districts may teach a concept known as "intelligent design" prior to teaching biology lessons on evolution. Eight families in Dover, Pennsylvania, claim that teaching the theory...

The US Senate Monday afternoon will take up the confirmation of Chief Justice nominee Judge John Roberts , with two-thirds of the 100 senators having already announced their support. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend Roberts...

Japan's Fukuoka High Court held Monday that a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing living abroad is entitled to the same medical benefits and funeral costs as survivors living in Japan, without...

Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks , arrested in Afghanistan following the September 11th attacks and facing imminent trial by military commission, is seeking dual citizenship in the UK with the hope that the British government...

Mohamed ElBaradei received unanimous approval Monday to continue as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for his third four-year term, after the US ended its opposition to his tenure. ElBaradei's reappointment had been...

In a goodwill gesture that was requested by the Iraqi government for Muslim holy month Ramadan , the US military Monday freed 500 detainees from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and the military has said that...

AP is reporting that a Spanish court has convicted a suspected al Qaeda cell leader of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the September 11 attacks in the US.8:11 AM ET - Immad Yarkas, the...

Reports of violent crime in the US in 2004 were at their lowest level since the US Department of Justice began compiling statistics 32 years ago, according to a report released Sunday. The Bureau of...

In a briefing Sunday to military task force officials participating in Hurricane Rita relief efforts, President Bush suggested that the Pentagon, rather than state and local agencies, should be in charge of the response to future...

The Israeli cabinet Sunday approved the provision of legal aid and support services to any Israeli military officer past or present who is charged outside of the country with war crimes. Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni proposed the undertaking...