UK Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith defended the UK's court-martial system Monday, stating that the decision to prosecute four British soldiers for the drowning death of a 15-year old Iraqi boy in 2003 was not politically motivated....
Violent crime - consisting of violent murders, robberies and aggravated assaults - increased in 2005 for the first time since 2001, according to the Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report released by the Federal Bureau...
The Hamas party , which controls the Palestinian Legislative Council , launched a challenge to a referendum proposed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , calling an emergency debate Monday on whether a referendum is...
Military officials said Sunday that the three Guantanamo Bay detainees who committed suicide Saturday by hanging themselves with bedsheets and clothing - identified as Saudis Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi and Yasser...
An American defense lawyer in the Saddam Hussein trial accused the Iraqi High Tribunal on Monday of not giving the defense team enough time to present their case on behalf of Hussein and his...
Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of criminal conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination stemming from an investigation into the governor's hiring practices . Fletcher's attorney entered...
The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling declaring Walt Disney Co. directors and two former executives not liable for the approval of a $130 million severance package for...
Texas Governor Rick Perry has said that he plans to create a virtual border watch program , installing night-vision cameras along the Mexican border and streaming live video on the Internet to aid in the state's...
The US Senate on Thursday rejected a bill that would have given Native Hawaiians self-governance powers in line with those accorded to Native Americans. The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act ...
Russia has extradited Dragan Zelenovic , a Bosnian Serb wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to Bosnia, according to the Bosnian war crimes court on Friday. Bosnia plans to transfer...
