Federal prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev over the Boston Marathon bombing.

A Guantanamo Bay detainee said he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the US prison.

Saying the gay population has “suffered a history of discrimination”, an appeals court in New York ruled that a US law defining marriage as between a man and a woman is unconstitutional.

The Wikileaks founder is being sheltered by a nation that cracks down on journalists, but Ecuador is no stranger to facing down world powers, writes Dan Buckley

More than 100 suspected mobsters have been arrested in raids on New York’s organised crime families.

PRESIDENT Barack Obama led a national outpouring of grief, while calling for unity at an emotional memorial after a shooting that unleashed fierce debate about inflammatory political rhetoric.

THE leader of a tiny US church said yesterday he was determined to burn copies of the Koran on September 11, despite pleas from the White House, the military, the Vatican and Angelina Jolie.

The leader of a tiny US church said today he was determined to burn copies of the Koran on September 11, despite pleas from the White House, the military, the Vatican and Angelina Jolie.

The US government turned up the pressure on the head of a small church who plans to burn copies of the Koran on September 11, warning him that doing so could endanger US troops and Americans everywhere.

US authorities charged 14 people, most of them Americans, as participants in “a deadly pipeline” that routed money and fighters from the United States to the militant group al-Shabab in Somalia.

Oil was spewing freely into the Gulf of Mexico as BP crews claimed progress yesterday in the first stages of replacing a leaky cap with a new containment system they hope will finally catch all the crude from the busted well.

President Barack Obama treated first lady Michelle Obama to a surprise birthday party at a Washington restaurant known for its commitment to organically grown food.

Self-proclaimed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York for trial in a civilian US court and prosecutors expect to seek the death penalty, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.

Self-proclaimed September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court, an Obama administration official said today.

Seven former CIA directors have asked President Barack Obama to quash a criminal probe of harsh interrogations of terror suspects during the Bush administration.

US AUTHORITIES have brought the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to the United States, flying him into New York to face trial for bombing US embassies, the Justice Department has said.

The first Guantanamo Bay detainee was today flown to the United States to face trial for bombing US embassies.