Australian anti-terror laws force courts to close off too much information to the public and prevent fair trials, a group of media organizations argued Tuesday before the New South Wales Supreme Court in the first constitutional challenge...

Defense lawyers for Saddam Hussein have vowed to continue a boycott of the former Iraqi leader's trial unless the judge presiding over the trial is removed, one of the defense lawyers...

A suspected mastermind of the 2004 Madrid bombings appeared in an Italian court Tuesday for an initial hearing as his trial on terror charges begins. Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed , along with an alleged accomplice,...

African Union officials are expected to ask a panel of legal experts to determine whether former Chad President Hissene Habre should be extradited to Belgium to face human rights charges, a senior African Union official...

A terror suspect accused in Spain of links to the Sept. 11 attacks has accused the UK Security Service of using rendition to arrange his torture in several Arab countries. Farid Hilali made the...

Kuwait's parliament on Tuesday averted a constitutional crisis by ousting seriously ill emir, Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, and handing temporary leadership to the cabinet, led by Prime Minister Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah. The...

Indonesian leaders have rejected conclusions of an independent report that faults the Indonesian military for up to 185,000 civilian deaths in East Timor during its 24-year rule. Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Tuesday that the...

A military jury on Monday recommended issuing a reprimand rather than a prison sentence for Army Chief Warrant Officer Lewis Welshofer Jr. in connection with the interrogation death of an Iraqi general. Welshofer was convicted of negligent...

The West Virginia Legislature on Monday approved a bill, S. 247 , that covers a variety of mine safety improvements, including a rapid-response system, only days after a second mine accident in the state in a month...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has uncovered fraud by public officials in the wake of Hurricane Katrina , according to a top agent in the affected region. John G. Raucci, FBI special agent in Mississippi,...