Mahmoud Ezzat, secretary-general of outlawed Egyptian opposition group Muslim Brotherhood , was arrested by Egyptian authorities early Sunday. Egyptian police say that Ezzat, the fourth ranking member of the Brotherhood, is the highest profile member...

British Colonel Jorge Mendonca, the commander in charge of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment troops in Iraq, faces the possibility of court martial and jail time for his alleged involvement in the death of a detainee by forces...

A federal jury in Illinois has rejected a Muslim group’s claim that city officials violated their civil rights by blocking its 2001 plans to turn a vacant Christian church into a mosque. The Al Salam Mosque Foundation argued that...

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano Friday vetoed a series of bills that would have prohibited illegal immigrants from receiving child care assistance, instate tuition benefits and given the state police power to enforce federal immigration laws. Supporters of...

The Texas Senate approved a proposed constitutional amendment Saturday that would ban same-sex marriages . The measure will be presented to voters in the state's November elections, and, if passed, will amend the state constitution...

US District Court Judge Martin Jenkins ruled Friday that there was not enough evidence to sustain many of the counts against former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko . In a complex trial that ended nearly one year...

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced Friday, while acknowledging National Missing Children's Day , that a new federal website would provide state-by-state information on known sex offenders within two months. The website, with voluntary participation by...

Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich vetoed a bill Friday that would have allowed rights for gay partners who registered with the state, denouncing it as a threat to traditional marriage. Among the rights the bill would have granted...

A senior Sudanese official said Saturday that a tribunal to try people accused of war crimes in Darfur could be announced in 2-3 months. Sudan rejected the UN Security Council's recommendation earlier this year to...

Afghan president Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he wants custody of all Afghan prisoners after being "shocked" by US newspaper reports of prisoner abuse released Friday. The US has over 500 Taliban and other prisoners...