I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby pleaded not guilty Thursday morning in federal court to charges of obstructing justice, perjury and making false statements. The former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney was indicted last...

A New Jersey jury on Thursday found that pharmaceutical company Merck properly warned consumers about the risks associated with its painkiller Vioxx . In the first case to go to...

A federal appeals panel has indicated that it might require the government to allow libraries, major corporations and other groups to challenge FBI demands for records under the USA Patriot Act . The US Court...

The Bush administration and an international human rights watchdog group have both challenged the Uzbekistan government in the case of Sanjar Umarov , leader of the country's new opposition movement, the Sunshine Uzbekistan Coalition [party...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Wednesday upheld a lower court's ruling and dismissed a lawsuit brought by parents who were angered by a sex survey given to their students in a...

The European Commission said Thursday that it plans to investigate allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is using a Soviet-era compound in eastern Europe as part of a secret prison system to...

Azerbaijan officials have agreed to allow Soviet-era passports to be used as identification for upcoming elections in an attempt to avoid controversy over a headscarf ban for new ID photo cards. The government announced the change in policy after...

US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has outlined plans to increase security along US borders by hiring more federal agents, constructing additional fences and ending policies that allow illegal immigrants to be released in the US. Chertoff...

Saudi Arabia King Abdullah has urged President Bush to release Saddam Hussein's half-brother from detention because of failing health, Saudi Arabia daily Al-Riyadh reported Wednesday. King Abdullah reportedly sent a letter to Bush asking...

The interim government in Haiti has sued former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in US federal court for his alleged embezzlement of millions of dollars from the country's treasury and a state-owned telephone company. The suit,...