Four US soldiers implicated in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder of her family in the Mahmudiya (also "Mahmoudiya") area in March have been referred to trial by general court-martial,...

The father of Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has said that Hicks' defense team will challenge the Military Commissions Act of 2006 signed into law by President Bush...

The Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) , claiming the agencies illegally employed information...

The US Department of Defense Inspector General on Friday announced that the armed force's Southern Command has been ordered to investigate allegations that detainee abuse is occurring at the military facility at Guantanamo...

US Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) on Friday pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and making false statements in connection with his involvement with lobbyist Jack Abramoff . Ney accepted money and gifts...

US Army Sergeant Ricky Clousing , a paratrooper and interpreter who disputed the legality of the war in Iraq , has pleaded guilty to going absent without leave for 14 months. A court-martial...

A nephew of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat who is now an Egyptian opposition MP associated with the Ahrar party appeared before an Egyptian military court Wednesday on charges of making defamatory remarks regarding the...

The Supreme Court of India Wednesday ruled that the power of the country's president to pardon a person convicted of a capital offense in Article 72 of the Indian Constitution is subject to judicial review in...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Cunningham v. California , 05-6551, a case that asks justices to decide whether judges can exercise discretion to...

The Supreme Court of Missouri heard oral arguments Wednesday in two appeals challenging the September 14 ruling that a state law requiring voters to show a Missouri-issued photo...