US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday sent memos to immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals informing them that he has ordered a review of...

The New Jersey Legislature has passed two bills that, if enacted into law, will increase the legal rights of same-sex couples . In one bill, same-sex couples will have the same rights as married couples...

The terror suspect detention facility at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay marked its fourth anniversary Wednesday, the same day military tribunals for suspected terrorists resumed after a year-long hiatus. Separate...

In remarks to the North Atlantic Council of NATO on Thursday, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured European leaders that the US government does not allow torture of suspected terrorists and that it respects the...

A group of 12 retired federal judges on Thursday urged US lawmakers not to pass legislation that would strip federal courts of the power to hear habeas corpus claims brought by detainees held at the US...

Natwar Singh , India's former foreign minister, resigned his position on the Indian Cabinet on Tuesday amid accusations that his majority party improperly benefited from the UN's oil-for-food program . Singh maintained his innocence on Tuesday,...

Azerbaijan's main political opposition party, Azadliq , announced Tuesday that it plans to boycott the new parliament that won power after disputed November elections. Azadliq won five seats in that contest, in which both...

In a motion filed Tuesday, prosecutors in the trial of Zacarias Mousaoui asked a federal judge to limit impact testimony of the hundreds of living victims who expressed their desire to testify about their...

In response to growing scrutiny of his Administration's interrogation practices, President Bush Tuesday insisted that the United States does not secretly transfer terrorism suspects to foreign governments that engage in torture. The Bush Administration has been...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic Rights (FAIR) , concerning whether the Solomon Amendment ,...