Stevenson Swanson

The Justice Department on Tuesday offered new details of its case against accused Al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla as a top official vigorously defended Bush administration policies permitting detention without...

Considering how long the development of democracy took in the United States, John Comly thinks Iraq is doing as well as can be expected. "If the goal is to create...

Fern Holland, Salwa Ourmaishi and Robert Zangas came from different walks of life, but they all were unabashed idealists drawn to Iraq by a heartfelt belief that they could make...

President Bush on Tuesday called on the United Nations to help rebuild Iraq following a war that many in his audience had opposed and despite Bush's unwillingness to meet their...

A world of New Years Turkey with the Turks--and other seasonal excuses for making the best of bad weather In almost every culture on the globe--and at various junctures, since...

The hijacking conspiracy spawned in this northern port city likely was broader and deeper than previously reported, according to investigative files amassed by German authorities since Sept. 11, 2001. At...

Shortly before midnight a day after the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history, German police on the trail of the conspirators showed up at a Hamburg apartment next to the...