The US military announced late Wednesday that it is conducting an investigation into the alleged desecration of the bodies of two dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan by US soldiers. The troops burned two bodies and used the...

A Virginia oil trading company has pleaded guilty to charges of first-degree grand larceny in connection with the United Nations Oil-for-Food scandal , according to a US prosecutor Thursday. Midway Trading was accused of paying...

Prosecutors for Spain's National Court asked Thursday that the court drop an arrest warrant issued for three American soldiers who allegedly killed Spanish journalist Jose Couso and a Ukrainian cameraman in Iraq, according to a court official....

Judges at The Hague Thursday refused a request by Slobodan Milosevic , on trial for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , for more time...

Although the Saddam Hussein trial has been delayed until next month , a key witness seriously ill with cancer will testify before the trial resumes, presiding Judge Rizgar Amin announced Thursday. The witness, Wadah Ismael...

An alliance of British writers, comedians, and bishops Thursday proposed amendments they want added to the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill , which was debated last week in the UK House of Lords . Comedic actor...

Three militant fighters convicted for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed over 200 have refused to seek presidential pardons, saying that they are prepared to be executed, a prosecutor said Thursday. The bombing in Bali earlier...

Australian state leaders warned Thursday that "shoot-to-kill" provisions in the country's anti-terrorism proposals could lead to another wrongful police shooting similar to the one by British officers who incorrectly identified a Brazilian citizen as a...

Australia is urging the UN Security Council to put Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe on trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against his own people. Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer ...

President Bush's "faith-based initiative" to get taxpayer funding to religious charities won a legal victory recently when a US federal judge ruled that religious groups are able to hire and fire employees based on their religious beliefs and practices,...