Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdulmahdi told local leaders in the southern Iraqi province of Nassriya on Monday that some countries are pressing for a delay in the trial of Saddam Hussein. He did not specific which countries, but Iraq's...

A Turkish prosecutor has asked for life sentences for four alleged conspirators in the November 2003 bombings in Istanbul that killed 61 people and wounded hundreds more. The trial actually encompasses 71 defendants; in addition...

An Italian judicial source told Reuters Monday that Italy plans to formally seek the extradition of 13 agents working for the CIA for their alleged role in the 2003 seizure and deportation from Italy of Egyptian imam Abu Omar...

The Iraqi Special Tribunal has questioned former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz . The urbane onetime Iraqi foreign minister, the only Christian in the Iraqi leadership and often the global media face...

Mississippi Circuit Judge Marcus Gordon Monday denied a request for a new trial by lawyers for Edgar Ray Killen . Last week Killen was convicted of manslaughter for the 1964 killing of three civil rights...

In a significant denial of certiorari Monday, the US Supreme Court refused to hear appeals from two reporters asking the Court to allow them to refuse to identify their sources and not risk facing fines or jail time. Matthew...

French interior minister Nicolas Sarcozy said Monday that the European Union should suspend any further enlargement given the strong rejection of the European Constitution by French and Dutch voters. The statement was...

An Israeli military tribunal Monday convicted former Israeli soldier Taysir Hayb of manslaughter in connection with the killing of Tom Hurndall , a British peace activist . Hurndall was shot while helping Palestinian children avoid gunfire in...

Lawyers for detainees at Guantanamo Bay say they are frustrated by delays that have prevented any court hearings for their clients, despite a US Supreme Court order from almost a year ago that granted them access...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to sign into a law a measure passed by both houses of the Russian parliament that will abolish the country's inheritance tax, according to reports on Monday. After Putin...