Two former employees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) were indicted Thursday for allegedly conspiring to receive and disclose classified US defense information over a five-year period dating back to 1999. The indictment indicates...

US Army interrogator Sgt. Selena Salcedo was demoted Thursday after pleading guilty to charges of dereliction of duty and assault of an Afghan prisoner during questioning. The prisoner, Dilawar , was being held at...

Updating an earlier report today on proposals for UN Security Council expansion, China's ambassador to the UN said Thursday that he and new US UN ambassador John Bolton had agreed that their countries would both work to...

Leading Thursday's states brief, two New Jersey Republican lawmakers filed a lawsuit today in state Superior Court, seeking an injunction to stop plans by acting Governor Richard J. Codey for a $2.1 billion bond refinance deal that...

Leading Thursday's corporations and securities law news, the Sprint-Nextel merger has taken a large step towards final approval after the Federal Communications Commission and the US Justice Department ...

London-based human rights group Liberty has urged English Attorney General Lord Goldsmith to warn British newspapers and media reporting on the London bombings not to prejudice upcoming trials of the bombers by creating an assumption...

Saudi Arabia's new ruler King Abdullah has vowed to "work for justice and serve all citizens without discrimination," in his first address to the nation as its official leader. Saudi King Fahd died early Monday...

Eight members of the UN Commission on Human Rights Thursday called on Israel to stop building a barrier to close off the West Bank. The group, marking the first anniversary this summer of an International...

The Colorado chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday that recently-released FBI files support the contention that the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force is monitoring peaceful protesters as if they were terrorists ....

Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock has again denied that David Hicks , an Australian national facing a US military tribunal on charges he fought for the Taliban, could be tried in Australian courts for the...