The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Sunday refused to stay the execution of Michael Morales , but in a second decision also approved the presence of a doctor at his...

British historian David Irving has pleaded guilty before an Austrian criminal court to charges of denying the World War II Holocaust . Irving, 68, was arrested in Austria in November...

Statement for the Record: Office of General Counsel Involvement in Interrogation Issues, US Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora, July 7, 2004 ....

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...