The US Department of Justice launched a national online registry of sex offenders on Wednesday, compiling individual state databases into one location. The registry, which provides photographs and information such as how close offenders are...

Prime Minister Tony Blair gave a statement Thursday at 10 Downing Street after a series of four incidents saying "We have to react calmly and continue with our business. We know why these things are done - they...

Lawyers for a man with both British and Iraqi citizenship argued before the London High Court Wednesday that his nine-month detention without charge is a rights violation . Hilal Abdul-Razzaq Ali al-Jedda was detained by US...

The Oregon House of Representatives voted 55-4 on Wednesday to require a prescription for cold medications that contain pseudoephdrine, a nasal decongestant that is used by drug dealers to make meth. The measure is expected...

The US House of Representatives will debate its version of a bill Thursday to extend the Patriot Act , which after months of debate has seen 20 amendments adopted and 47 proposed . The final version of the...

Swiss ambassador to the United Nations, Peter Maurer told the UN Security Council's counter-terrorism committee on Wednesday that Switzerland believed that although targeted economic and travel sanctions against individuals were useful in countering terrorism, the scope...

During a press briefing on Wednesday, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Iraq would be making a "terrible mistake" if it severely limited women's rights, as hinted by a leaked draft of their new...

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia want to reopen their case against former Yugloslav President Slobodan Milosevic to present new evidence, including a video of the Srebrenica...

Britain began negotiations with Jordan on Wednesday regarding the deportation of anyone who condones or incites terrorism, a new policy recommended after the London bombings . Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke of a need to keep such individuals...

Following the deaths by gunfire of two prominent Sunnis involved in the constitution drafting process earlier this week, Sunni Arabs decided Thursday to continue boycotting the drafting committee, putting in jeopardy the August deadline set for the...