The appeals chamber of the Iraqi High Tribunal has affirmed Saddam Hussein's death sentence for crimes against humanity committed in the Iraqi town of Dujail in 1982. A spokesperson...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected the new federal rules for smog reduction on Friday, stating that the Environmental Protection Agency "has failed to heed the restrictions on its discretion...

Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was sentenced Friday to a three-year suspended prison term for following his earlier conviction for inciting subversion of state power . If Gao breaks any laws in the next three...

President Bush granted pardons to 16 people on Thursday, including some convicted of drug crimes and others who were involved in fraud and kickback schemes. Bush additionally commuted the sentence of another man who had been convicted of drug...

French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin was questioned by judges for more than 17 hours Thursday and early Friday in connection with an investigation of an alleged smear campaign conducted against Villepin's...

Two co-defendants charged along with Saddam Hussein testified Thursday that chemical weapons were not used against Kurds during the so-called "Anfal" campaigns as the ousted Iraqi president's genocide trial continued in...

US Legal Adviser to the Secretary of State John Bellinger told the Daily Telegraph on Friday that Guantanamo Bay detainees considered an ongoing threat to security will remain in custody indefinitely, regardless of whether...

Defense counsel for alleged terrorist Jose Padilla have filed a motion asking a federal judge in Miami to hold a hearing to decide whether or not Padilla is competent to stand trial. Recent evaluations...

US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton on Thursday called for international criminal charges to be brought against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for inciting genocide against Christians and Jews. While speaking at...

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday denied any knowledge of the alleged CIA kidnapping of German national Khaled el-Masri until after the man was released. Steinmeier, who has previously denied...