The military judge overseeing the court-martial of US Army 1st Lt. Ehren Watada declared a mistrial Wednesday after throwing out a pretrial agreement in which Watada admitted that he failed to deploy...

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair pushed Wednesday for a half-elected, half-appointed House of Lords that would remove 92 House members who still inherit their parliamentary seats and set the number of seats at...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of Nigeria on Wednesday released an advisory list of 135 Nigerian politicians considered to be too corrupt to hold office, including Vice President Atiku Abubakar [official...

The Philippine Senate passed an anti-terrorism bill on Tuesday which will allow authorities to detain suspected terrorists for up to three days without filing charges. The legislation also includes a provision that grants wrongfully detained...

Three former US Army officers and two civilians were indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday for charges relating to a scheme to defraud the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq. Army Colonel Curtis G. Whiteford,...

Military officials announced Wednesday that the US Navy admiral overseeing US Southern Command has endorsed six of the seven recommendations made by US Army Col. Richard Bassett in a probe of alleged detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay...

An Italian judge Wednesday ordered New York Army National Guard soldier Mario Lozano to stand trial on charges of voluntary homicide in connection with the death of Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari at...

The government of Canada ordered an official inquiry Tuesday into whether detainees in Afghanistan were abused while in Canadian custody. The probe began following a civilian complaint filed by Amir Attaran...

Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul said Wednesday that a proposed resolution by the US Congress condemning the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1917 as "genocide" would damage US-Turkish relations....

A Croatian freelance journalist was found guilty Wednesday of contempt of court by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for publishing the names of two witnesses on...