Colombian police arrested two American soldiers Wednesday for attempted arms smuggling, potentially to illegal far-right Colombian para-military groups. This is the second set of arrests for US military smuggling in the past month; the other involved a US Air National Guard pilot and a crewmember who had attempted to smuggle millions of dollars worth of [...]

Sean Gerard Hoey, a member of the Irish Republican Army , was charged Wednesday with the murder of 29 people in the largest terrorist bombing in the history of Northern Ireland's "troubles." The 1998 Omagh bombing also injured almost 300 others, and has remained largely unsolved due to mishandling of evidence . Hoey has been [...]

A military judge at Fort Hood has rejected Pfc. Lynndie England's guilty plea in her Abu Ghraib prison scandal court-martial, torpedoing her plea agreement. 2:51 PM ET – In declaring the mistrial, Col. James Pohl said statements by England about her understanding of the purpose of her activities with the Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib [...]

Report of Americans United for Separation of Church and State on Religious Coercion and Endorsement of Religion at the United States Air Force Academy, April 30, 2005 . Excerpt: Americans United for Separation of Church and State has received numerous complaints from a variety of sources, representing diverse religious backgrounds, about extremely troubling religious policies [...]

AP is reporting that Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin , previously demoted and stripped of his security clearance in the wake of August allegations that he had spied for Israel, was arrested Wednesday after turning himself in on charges of supplying classified information on Iran to lobbyists of a pro-Israel group, the American Israel Public Affairs [...]

Former Serbian police general Sreten Lukic pleaded not guilty Wednesday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to charges of overseeing the murder, deportation and persecution of Kosovo Albanians in 1999. Lukic, who is charged with four counts of crimes against humanity and one count of violations of the laws or customs of [...]

French media said Wednesday that the latest television appearance by French President Jacques Chirac calling on voters to endorse the European constitution was largely a success. Chirac participated in a televised town hall meeting in April, but French commentators called the appearance a failure after Chirac struggled to persuade young voters to support the EU [...]

The ongoing tension between US and Iran over Iran's pursuit of nuclear technology is threatening to stall the 2005 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference , where representatives of more than 180 nations have gathered to review the workings of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty . Though the month-long conference opened Monday , a complete and final [...]

Frank Dunham , the public defender appointed to head the defense for Zacarias Moussaoui , has withdrawn from the case and will not be part of the legal team working to save Moussaoui from a death sentence. Moussaoui, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges last month for his involvement in the 9/11 terror plot, filed [...]

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Tuesday that expecting any of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to endorse reforms that would give other nations the same veto powers they already enjoyed would be "utopian". Annan has acknowleged the need for reform in the set-up of the UN's chief decision-making body, which [...]