A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to the Bush administration's strategy to keep terror ...

Australian police said Thursday they will stop restricting the movements and communications of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee after he broke his long media silence to ask them to let him 'get on with' his ...

The U.S. military says an Iraqi al-Qaida in Iraq leader blamed in the 2004 abduction and murder of an Army reservist has been killed.

With the Bush administration on the verge of relaxing regulations protecting endangered species, Democratic leaders are looking at ways to overturn any last-minute rule changes.

Senator Ted Stevens, who conceded his re-election race earlier this week, gave an at-times emotional farewell speech on the floor of the Senate this morning.

China announced a complete overhaul of its dairy industry Thursday to improve safety at every step _ from cow breeding to milk sales _ saying its worst food quality scandal in years had revealed 'major ...

A worker at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport walks along a new runway Nov.

ST. JOHNS, Ariz. - An 8-year-old boy accused of killing his father and another man in eastern Arizona will be allowed to spend Thanksgiving with his mother, a move that drew criticism from the family of the ...

A judge has dismissed felony gun charges against a former Illinois police officer suspected in the disappearance of his wife.

In August alone, 13 people died of disease after being attacked by dogs, said Inaam Hamid, head of the environment board on the Baghdad provincial council.