Crime in the United States 2005, Federal Bureau of Investigation, September 19, 2006 . Read the full text of the report. Reported...

The Status of Muslim Rights in the United States 2006, Council on American Islamic Relations, September 19, 2006 [indicating a jump from 1,522 cases of anti-Muslim bias in 2004 to 1,972 cases in 2005 and attributing the rise to "anti-Muslim...

US Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner (R-VA) expressed cautious optimism in a possible legislative compromise Tuesday after the White House sent to Capitol Hill new language for a military commissions ...

A US District Court judge in Chicago has held that plaintiffs in a class action suit lack standing to challenge a new federal law requiring Medicaid recipients to present passports, birth certificates or other proof of citizenship...

A Georgia judge held a new Georgia law requiring voters to show ID cards unconstitutional in a ruling Tuesday. State Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford Jr. held that the controversial...

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Tuesday urged global action to combat three challenges facing humanity - human rights and the rule of law, security, and development - as the UN General Assembly opened its 61st session...

The Secure Fence Act of 2006 providing for the construction of a 700-mile fence along the US-Mexico border is going up for a Senate floor vote as early as Wednesday after Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist...

Jordan's General Intelligence Department (GID) frequently makes arbitrary arrests, detains suspects without charges and abuses political dissidents, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a new report released Tuesday. The monitoring group found...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told members of the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Tuesday that Congress should mandate the preservation of customer records by Internet service providers in order to aid the...

AP is reporting that the Royal Thai Army has revoked the 1991 Thai constitution and declared martial law in a coup ousting Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra , who is...