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...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that the three oil drilling companies charged with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act have agreed to a plea agreement settling the case for $26...

Thirty-eight US states and Samsung Electronics agreed Tuesday to a $90 million settlement, pending court approval, to resolve allegations that Samsung fixed prices and engaged in other anticompetitive activities in the market for DRAM memory chips for...

Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Wednesday condemned new charges brought against him by the Russian government earlier this week, calling the indictment "absurd and ungrounded." Prosecutors charged Khodorkovsky and business...

The UN signed an agreement Tuesday to create an international tribunal to try suspects accused of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005. The agreement must now be ratified by the...

Opening arguments were heard on Wednesday in a defamation action brought by the Paris Mosque and the Union of Islamic Organizations of France against Charlie-Hebdo magazine and director Philippe Val for...