UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a report released Thursday that an increase in allegations of sexual abuse against UN peacekeepers and related staff is "deeply troubling," but may be related to "the newly...

The US Army has announced that President Bush Thursday approved the demotion of Brigadier General Janis Karpinski to colonel, effectively ending her military career. Karpinski, the former commanding officer at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, had...

Members of the family of Emmett Till , a 14-year-old black youngster killed after whistling at a white woman in 1955, are vehemently opposing the FBI's plan to exhume the boy's body . Two suspects in the...

Pfc. Lynndie England's lead civilian lawyer has resigned . Speaking Thursday, Richard Hernandez of Denver cited the heavy financial burden of working on the high-profile case without compensation over such a long time. Following a military's judge's...

The US government and Zacarias Moussaoui's defense team filed a joint proposal Thursday asking Judge Leonie Brinkema to allow the penalty phase of Zacarias Moussaoui's trial to begin with jury selection on January 9, 2006, with opening statements...

A Russian immigrant turned Israeli soldier was arrested in Israel for ties to neo-Nazi groups Thursday just as Israel was marking Holocaust Remambrance Day on the 60th anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat. The soldier had been arrested on...

A new rule announced Thursday by the US Department of Agriculture has opened one third of roadless national forest land - some 58.5 million acres - for road construction, logging, and other commercial purposes in Alaska and...

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud signed a decree Thursday setting legislative elections for May 29 through June 19 under an electoral law which opposition supporters claim will favor pro-Syrian loyalists and limit Christian representation . The law...

Desmond de Silva, a UK national appointed Thursday as the new chief prosecutor for the UN-affilated Special Court for Sierra Leone immediately renewed a call made earlier this week by his predecessor David Crane his...

The case of Pfc. Lynndie England has gone to Fort Hood commander Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz in the wake of Wednesday's rejection of her guilty plea by court-martial judge Col. James Pohl. Metz...