China has expressed "resolute opposition" to a US report critical of the country for its handling of human and religious rights, with a spokesman from the Foreign Ministry of China arguing that the US was...

US District Judge Thomas F. Hogan has lifted a contempt order against New York Times reporter Judith Miller following her testimony Wednesday before a federal grand jury investigating the 2003 leak of the identity...

A US district judge has awarded $91 million for emotional distress to the family of Joseph Cicippio, who was held hostage in Lebanon by the paramilitary group Hezbollah from 1986 to 1991. US District Judge Henry...

Detainees at prisons across Iraq who have not yet been tried cast their votes in the country's constitutional referendum Thursday as authorities stepped up security in preparation for the full referendum on Saturday. Those...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said Wednesday that it was reconsidering a ban on firearms for people living at emergency housing parks in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina after being pressured...

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer Wednesday dropped criminal charges against Theodore Sihpol, a former Bank of America broker accused of aiding illegal trades by a hedge fund, after Sihpol settled related charges with...

Indonesia has agreed to work on strengthening its anti-terrorism laws with help from Australia, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Wednesday. Downer made the announcement after meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda in...

The White House Wednesday cited the religious views of US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers , acknowledging the relevance of those to religious conservatives while denying that they should play any role in the rulings...

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard arguments on how far First Amendment protection should stretch for government whistleblowers who claim retaliation for their speech. In Garcetti v. Ceballos , an employee in...

Hundreds of demonstrators Wednesday gathered again outside the prison where several men convicted in the 2002 Bali bombings had been held, calling for the execution of the bombers on the third anniversary of the attacks [Jakarta Post...