A federal judge from the US District Court for the District of Columbia sentenced Lt. Col. Bruce D. Hopfengardner, a US Army Reserve officer, to 21 months in prison Monday and imposed a fine of $144,500 for Hopfengardner's involvement...

Iraqi security officials issued an arrest warrant and raided the home Tuesday of Culture Minister Asad Kamal al-Hashimi to investigate allegations that al-Hashimi masterminded an assassination attempt against a parliamentary candidate in February 2005. Al-Hashimi, a Sunni, is the...

Google is urging the US government , including the Departments of State and Commerce, the Office of the US Trade Representative , and various House and Senate committees, to fight the rise of global Internet...

The government of Canada , currently investigating whether detainees in Afghanistan were abused while in Canadian custody , will not make inquiries into allegations of torture or abuse after the detainees were transferred to Afghan officials...

Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates said Monday that Portugal - which takes over the rotating EU presidency from Germany in July - would work to have negotiations pursuant to Saturday's landmark agreement on...

German prosecutors said Monday they will seek the extradition of 13 US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents they believe to be responsible for the alleged 2003 kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of German national Khalid...

Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 . Read the Court's opinion per Chief...

Hein v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 [reversing the Seven Circuit's ruling that taxpayers have standing to challenge a faith-based program created by a Presidential executive order, and holding that taxpayers do not have standing...

Morse v. Frederick, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007 [reversing the Ninth Circuit's ruling that a principal unreasonably restricted a student's right to free speech, holding that the First Amendment does not require schools to tolerate at school events student...

Iranian 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi Monday accused the Iranian government of interfering in judicial affairs to prevent the release of two US clients currently detained...