As the U.S. military prepares to leave Iraq, the​ State Department is blaming the Iraqi government​ for arbitrary killings of civilians and other​ human ...

Some 65 years after their service, a group of​ former civilian women pilots whose unheralded work​ was key to helping the U.S. effort in World War II​ ar...

A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss a civil​ lawsuit accusing former Defense Secretary Donald​ Rumsfeld of responsibility for the alleged torture​ ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House decision is​ still weeks away on whether to prosecute accused​ September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and​ o...

The Obama administration's potential reversal​ on the decision to try the alleged plotters of the​ Sept. 11 attacks in civilian court could land​ th...

White House advisers are considering recommending​ alleged 9/11 mastermind Khaled Sheikh Mohammed be​ tried in a military court, not a civilian one in​ N...

The legislation by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and​ Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., would result in banning​ all civilian trials for terror suspects who have​ be...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation to extend​ expiring provisions of the anti-terror USA Patriot​ Act won final congressional approval on Thursday,​ with...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration​ bluntly urged the Congress on Thursday to steer​ clear of directing where terrorism suspects should​ be ...