US Department of Defense spokesmen have said that US forces in Iraq are holding a man with joint US and Jordanian citizenship who is said to be a senior operative for terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi. The...

Lawmakers in Rhode Island have said that they will consider amending the statewide smoking ban that took effect last month in light of a Newport Superior Court judge's Thursday ruling that certain exemptions in...

The parliament of Turkey voted Thursday to delay the implementation of the country's new penal code until June 1. The reforms, passed in September as part of Turkey's efforts to join the European Union...

Minority shareholders of embattled Russian oil company Yukos have begun to coordinate their efforts to ensure that losses incurred after Russia's dismantling of the oil company will be recouped. Shipston Group, a Bahamas-based investment...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Wilkinson v. Austin , a case where the Court is considering what procedures are needed to protect a prisoner's due process rights when prison...

AP is reporting that the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has again refused to conduct a full court rehearing in the Terri Schiavo case.3:35 PM ET - The Eleventh Circuit has denied Bob and Mary Schindler's request for...

US District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee ruled Wednesday that Ahmed Abu Ali, the man charged with plotting to assassinate President Bush , can be examined by doctors to determine whether there is any evidence that Abu Ali was...

Ongoing disputes among Iraqi National Assembly members over governmental nominations could delay the drafting of Iraq's constitution by as much as six months, several lawmakers say. The National Assembly is currently scheduled to have a first draft...

Sudan's Ministry for Foreign Affairs Wednesday called yesterday's UN Security Council sanctions resolution "unbalanced and inappropriate," saying it "ignored the government's efforts in addressing the political, security and humanitarian aspects of the Darfur conflict." The...

Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, once the top US commander in Iraq, authorized harsh prisoner interrogation tactics, according to a 2003 memo obtained and released by the ACLU under its ongoing Freedom of Information Act requests...