In a 376-38 vote late Thursday, the US House of Representatives approved a bill that would strip state and local governments of federal funding if they use eminent domain to transfer privately owned land to...

The US State Department Thursday posted online a report submitted to the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva last month in which the US argued for indefinitely detaining suspected combatants in the war...

US ambassador to the UN John Bolton said Thursday that a second UN Security Council resolution would be required to ensure that Syria has fully withdrawn all intelligence personnel from Lebanon. His comments followed Wednesday's UN Security...

The US Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Monday released the final draft of rules requiring certain insurance companies to launch anti-money laundering campaigns to frustrate efforts of terrorist groups. The rules,...

Yigal Amir , who was convicted of assassinating former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin ten years ago this November, may demand a re-trial. According to his wife in an interview on Israeli Army Radio, Amir believes...

Three UN human rights experts who were invited last Friday by the Pentagon to examine conditions at Guantanamo Bay prison said Monday that they will refuse the invitation unless they are...

At least five people were shot by police Saturday as violence again erupted in Kenya's Western Province over the country's highly controversial draft constitution . Security forces fired upon a crowd in the city of Kisumu while dispersing...

Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday formed a special judicial committee to conduct a state investigation into Syrian involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . The committee will be led...

Australian state and territorial leaders were given a new draft of a proposed federal anti-terrorism bill Friday and are meeting this weekend to discuss it. The previous draft drew heavy criticism from ACT Chief Minister Jon...

The New Orleans Police Department fired 45 police officers and 6 other employees Friday after investigators concluded they had improperly abandoned their duties during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina without giving 14 days notice as required...