Belgium has become the first country in the world to ban the manufacture and use of cluster bombs following passage of legislation by a sound majority of its lower house of parliament. The...

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has again said that his country refuses to extradite any Sudanese citizens for prosecution by the International Criminal Court . In remarks made during this weekend's celebration of the golden...

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) said Sunday that existing legislation governing domestic surveillance does not need to be rewritten or updated. Appearing on CBS News' Face the Nation, Frist also said that he...

The French, German, and British ambassadors to the US on Sunday called for the United States to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, with French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte going so far as to call...

Leading Monday's international brief, the Israeli Cabinet has agreed to impose a hefty series of sanctions against the Palestinian Authority (PA) unless the ruling party of Hamas commits to non-violence and drops its call...

Former US Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora warned the Pentagon as early as 2002 that legal arguments advanced by Bush administration officials seeking to avoid international prohibitions against torture were wrong and could lead to the...

National Air Traffic Services , the UK's air traffic control provider, have reported that three CIA flights possibly involved in rendition landed at British airports and received assistance from UK air traffic control since 2001. The admission by...

English Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith has told top British military officers that British soldiers will not appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes charges. The statement, the government's first assertion that British troops...

Saddam Hussein could be put to death by hanging within months if he's convicted in his first trial, according to the chief prosecutor for the Iraqi High Criminal Court, formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal ....

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi , facing possible indictment for allegedly bribing his former lawyer to give false testimony in two criminal cases, told supporters at a campaign rally in Verona Saturday that the...