In a meeting Tuesday with his lawyer and the judge investigating charges against him, ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein confirmed that he has reduced his legal team to one lawyer. As previously claimed in a statement...

A US Army interrogator pleaded guilty Tuesday to dereliction of duty and assault of 22-year old Afghan detainee Dilawar , who died in December 2002 at Bagram Control Point near Kabul. Spc. Glendale...

The Kenyan government released the final draft of the country's new constitution Tuesday, amidst protests from those upset with President Mwai Kibaki for his failure to limit any of his over-reaching presidential powers in the...

The Indonesian government and separatist rebels in the province of Aceh are disputing the jurisdiction of the human rights tribunal to be established under their newly signed peace accord . The Indonesian government believes the tribunal is being...

Lawyers for Moroccan-born Mounir al-Motassadeq , who was convicted by a German court last week for his involvement with the 9/11 attacks, said Tuesday that they have appealed the conviction. Motassadeq's lawyers claim...

Former Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Nikolai Tanayev on Tuesday denied corruption allegations that were made during the March uprisings that ousted him and former President Askar Akayev from office . Tanayev has been accused of using government...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday filed fraud charges against two former Kmart executives for misleading investors about Kmart's financial future before the company filed for bankruptcy in January 2002. Former...

Mikhail Khodorkovsky , the former head of Russian oil company Yukos who is currently serving a 9-year prison sentence for fraud and tax evasion, plans to run for the State Duma ,...

The results of a new poll suggest that British citizens are receptive to tough new anti-terror laws detailed by UK Prime Minister Tony Blair earlier this month. The poll, conducted by ICM for the Guardian...

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) , Britain's police watchdog agency, promised Tuesday to release a report on the death of Brazilian citizen Jean Charles de Menezes by the end of the year. De Menezes was...