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Congress holds its third hearing in three days on the future of war crimes trials at Guantanamo Bay. The politicians are trying to find a way forward after the Supreme Court said President Bush's system of tribunals for Guantanamo detainees violates U.S. and international law.

More than a month has elapsed since Pakistan made a controversial peace deal with tribal leaders in North Waziristan, along the border with Afghanistan. The agreement has been criticized for allegedly allowing al-Qaida and the Taliban to regroup in the border mountains -- and attack U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Two weeks from now, President Bush will be former President Bush, and what was once his agenda will become his record. The president suggests that history will judge him better than the current analysis. So what will he be remembered for?

The Supreme Court agrees to consider a challenge to the military tribunals the Bush administration has used to try suspected terrorists. One of the detainees includes a man captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and accused of being the driver for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

The coyote was limping as it approached a girl in a sand box at a public park - but it was still dangerous. It snapped its jaws on the girl's buttocks and her nanny had to pry the toddler from the wil

Gen. Michael Hayden headed the National Security Agency when now-contested domestic surveillance procedures were put into play. Monday, he defended the choices made by the NSA and the Bush administration.

President Obama used his first White House news conference Monday night to personalize the dire state of the nation's economy, leveraging the power of his office and his huge popularity to urge Congress and the country to get behind his stimulus package.

This week, the Persian Gulf sheikhdom of Dubai held its biannual air show, where airplane manufacturers flock to lucrative markets in the Middle East.

The Al Jazeera English news channel will begin airing Wednesday. But it remains to be seen how many Americans will -- or can -- tune in to the channel, which has hired well-known journalists from the BBC, CNN and ABC News. America's cable providers have shunned the Qatar-based network's first English-language offering.

The Bush administration loses an ally in its war on terrorism. Musharraf's own future is unclear; after surviving repeated assassination attempts as president, he may now have to go into exile for his own safety.