Military doctors participating in the force-feeding of hunger-striking detainees at Guantanamo Bay are violating medical ethics, according to commentary published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) . The three authors...

Getty Museum Director Dr. Michael Brand and the Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities Francesco Rutelli Wednesday announced an agreement to return 40 allegedly looted Italian artifacts [press release; list of objects,...

US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Wednesday that Democrats are willing to expand government surveillance over foreign communications under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) ,...

Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Khek Iev , also known as Duch, is willing to testify against other members of the Khmer Rouge, according to information released Wednesday by the tribunal that indicted Duch earlier...

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty Wednesday indicated that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) investigation of Dr. Mohammad Haneef was "far from complete," adding that the AFP may still submit a new brief of...

The Iraqi Accordance Front , the largest Sunni parliamentary bloc, announced Wednesday that it was leaving the government and that the party's six Cabinet members would be turning in their resignations. The move is said to be a...

Lawyers representing Jose Padilla indicated Tuesday that they are not expecting to present a defense case, telling presiding US District Judge Marcia Cooke that the defense will not call any witnesses. Jurors have been...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that the recently passed US House of Representatives resolution calling for a formal apology from Japan for forcing Asian women to become "comfort...

Two federal district judges separately rejected a bid by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to appeal rulings ordering the federal supervision of California's overcrowded prison system Tuesday, ruling that while California may appeal...

Nine defendants, including three former Vietnamese government officials, accused of involvement in organized gambling and bribery went on trial Wednesday before the Hanoi People's Court. Bui Tien Dung, a former project management head in the Ministry of Transportation [official...