As part of a plea deal reached in April , Eric Rudolph was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for his role in the 1998 bombing of an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama [Court...

AP is reporting that US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has said that military trials of two suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay will resume as soon as possible and charges will be filed against eight other detainees.2:25 PM...

Sunday's announcement that the Iraqi Special Tribunal has charged former dictator Saddam Hussein in connection with the 1982 killing of some 150 Shiites in the village of Dujail and statements...

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on Monday upheld a 13-year jail sentence for Milan Babic , the wartime leader of Croatia's rebel Serbs who took part in a campaign of...

After Chief Justice William Rehnquist's strong denial of retirement rumors Thursday made it clear that only one new US Supreme Court justice will be selected this summer, President Bush is said to be close to announcing a...

Leading Monday's international brief, New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff has announced that the New Zealand government is currently investigating the possibility of bringing charges against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe before the...

A British court has convicted Afghan warlord Faryadi Sarwar Zardad of torture and the taking of hostages in Afghanistan in what may be the first conviction of an individual by a UK court for crimes committed abroad,...

Egypt has extended the detention period for four leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood arrested in May after the group held nationwide protests for political reform. Hundreds of group members were arrested during protests in favor of...

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court blocked the extradition of a suspected al-Qaeda financier to Spain on Monday, ruling that the European Union arrest warrant against him violated his rights. Mamoun Darkazanli, charged...

After US courts approved military trials for terrorism suspects, Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said his government now wished for a speedy trial for David Hicks , an Australian who was captured in...