US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday that he is working on legislation that would require court supervision of President Bush's domestic surveillance program ....

The number of detainees still on hunger strike at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay has dropped to four, military officials said Wednesday. The head military spokesman at Guantanamo also said that prison...

The conservative Italian government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has pushed through new legislation putting marijuana (cannabis) on par with cocaine and heroine and ending the legal distinction between 'soft' and 'hard' drugs, effectively recriminalizing marijuana use in...

Statistics published this week show that almost 400 euthanasia cases were reported in Belgium in 2005, almost double the level when the Belgian parliament adopted controversial legislation authorizing the practice in 2002....

Oversight letter from Rep. James Sensenbrenner, chair of the US House Judiciary Committee, to US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales requesting answers about the National Security Agency's (NSA) terrorist surveillance program, February 8, 2006. Read the full text of the questions...

United States v. Abdullah Ahmed Khadr, US Attorney, February 7, 2006 . Read the full text of the indictment. Reported in...

Canadian Federal Court Justice Anne Mactavish reserved decision Wednesday after hearing arguments in the case of US military deserter Jeremy Hinzman , who fled to Canada in January 2004 with his wife...

In response to the publication of Muhammad caricatures in European newspapers, British Muslim leaders on Wednesday called for the UK Parliament to amend the country's Race Relations Act to protect Muslims as...

The US Senate Committee on Armed Services will investigate conflicting reports about the use of dogs in abusing detainees at the US military prison of Abu Ghraib . Chairman Sen. John Warner (R-VA) ...

A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted Canadian citizen Abdullah Ahmed Khadr on four counts connected to his alleged procurement of destructive devices to be used against American forces in...