US defends Chechen asylum ruling
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The US says the decision to grant political asylum to Chechen separatist Ilyas Akhmadov was not a policy change.
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A U.S. federal judge on Thursday upheld a government decision to refuse a prominent Swiss Muslim entry into the United States, saying the question of denying visas was best left to the authorities.
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A Chinese man whose wife was  forced by Chinese officials to abort their first child and who  faced the possibility of being sterilized may seek asylum in  the United States, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday.
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The US says many of the prisoners it is holding in Afghanistan will stand trial under Afghan law.
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A divided judicial panel ruled this morning that hundreds of foreign nationals detained for as long as five years at a military prison in Guantanamo Bay do not have rights to challenge their indefinite imprisonment through the U.S. court system.
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A fugitive Russian attorney has applied for political asylum in the United States after accusing Russia's security service of waging a vendetta against him, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
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The Bush administration must let foreign terror suspects challenge their confinement in U.S. courts, a judge said Monday in a ruling that found unconstitutional the hearing system set up by the Pentagon.
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(CBS/AP) Russia castigated the United States on Wednesday for its willingness to hold talks with Chechens agitating for independence and suggested the issue could harm bilateral relations, the Interfax news agency reported.
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WASHINGTON -- The decision by US military judges Monday to dismiss the war crimes charges against two detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has reignited a debate over how to try those accused of terrorism, prompting members of Congress to challenge the Bush administration over a legal system they say denies proper rights to detainees and has yet to bring ...
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Bush administration praises ruling, but Supreme Court appeal may be in future for plaintiffs who say they were illegally monitored.
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President Bush and the Czech Republic's leaders on Tuesday defended plans to base part of a U.S. missile shield here despite fierce opposition from Russia.
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The White House&#039;s announcement Tuesday that it will apply Geneva Convention standards to suspected terrorists did little to quiet political arguments on Capitol Hill over the legal rights of detainees.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that a victory for George W. Bush in the US presidential race would mean the United States had not allowed itself to be cowed by terrorists, the Interfax news agency reports.
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The Russian authorities have voiced their determination to proceed with the auction of Yuganskneftegaz even after the US judge ruling barring bankers and bidders including OAO Gazprom from participating in the auction, insisting that the sale is to be
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The White House on Tuesday defended  Michael Chertoff, the nominee to head the Homeland Security  department who has been criticized over his advice on  interrogation techniques, saying recent reports about his role  were wrong.
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Â· OSCE says restrictions prevent it doing its jobÂ· Russia accuses observers of double standards
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A federal judge ruled Monday that foreign terror suspects held in Cuba can challenge their confinement in U.S. courts and she criticized the Bush administration for holding hundreds of people without legal rights.