
GI's WikiLeaks admission energizes his supporters
While it may be a curious legal strategy, an Army private's decision to admit in court that he sent hundreds of thousands of classified documents to ...

2 US Navy sailors convicted in Okinawa rape
Two U.S. Navy sailors were convicted and sentenced to prison on Friday for raping and robbing a woman on Okinawa in a crime that outraged many on the ...

Army GI says he leaked secrets to spark war debate
After almost three years in custody, the Army private accused in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history said he did it because he ...

Fort Hood shooting suspect trial set for May 29
The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage is to go on trial in three months, after several delays in the case, ...
Whistle-blower suit claimed Navy kickbacks in 2006
A recently unsealed whistle-blower lawsuit claims a former civilian Navy employee from Virginia and a now-defunct Navy contractor engaged in a bribery ...
Military leaders say Congress must stop sequester
The billions of dollars in defense budget cuts scheduled to begin at the end of the week will have a swift and severe impact on military readiness and ...
Rights group: Tamil suspects raped by government
An international human rights group alleges Sri Lankan security forces continue to use torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence against ...

Prisoner's death stokes fears of third uprising
The mysterious death of a 30-year-old Palestinian gas station attendant in Israeli custody stoked new West Bank clashes Sunday, along with Israeli ...

Soldiers stole children during El Salvador's war
One of Gregoria Contreras' first childhood memories was the moment she last saw her parents. Fighting between government troops and guerrillas had ...

Domenici acknowledges having son outside marriage
For nearly 40 years, Sen. Pete Domenici's reputation was that of a well-respected — some might say staid — conservative Republican and honorable ...
24 convicted in killing of Moroccan soldiers
A Moroccan military court convicted 24 Western Saharan activists on Sunday for their roles in the killing of 11 soldiers at a protest camp in 2010, ...

Egypt military offers rare apology for child death
Egypt's military made a rare admission and apology on Thursday for mistakenly shooting and killing a 12-year-old street vendor in Cairo, a day after ...
Gitmo official: No eavesdropping on lawyers
A senior Guantanamo official says the FBI installed hidden microphones that have sparked fears of eavesdropping among defense attorneys in the Sept.

Hidden mike revealed at Guantanamo meeting room
A senior official for the Guantanamo Bay prison said under questioning Tuesday that the government had placed a hidden microphone inside a meeting ...
Military benefits extended to same-sex partners
The Defense Department is not extending some housing benefits to same-sex partners of service members even though it legally could because the complex ...
9/11 lawyers fear gov't eavesdropping at Gitmo
Lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks want to know if U.S. government officials have been eavesdropping ...

How Obama is wielding executive power in 2nd term
This is what "Forward" looks like. Fast forward, even. President Barack Obama's campaign slogan is springing to life in a surge of executive ...

Liberal in domestic issues, Obama a hawk on war
For all of his liberal positions on the environment, taxes and health care, President Barack Obama has proved to be a hawk when it comes to fighting ...
More Marines charged over corpse urination video
Two more Marines face criminal charges over a 2011 YouTube video showing members of a scout sniper platoon urinating on the corpses of Taliban ...
Israeli group criticizes army over conduct probes
An Israeli group investigating human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories is criticizing the army for not indicting a single soldier despite ...
Israeli flotilla inquiry suggests legal reforms
A commission tasked with probing the 2010 deadly Israeli naval raid on a Gaza-bound ship has recommended several legal reforms to improve the conduct ...
US military lifts ban on Afghan airline
The U.S. military has lifted a ban on contracts with an Afghan airline suspected of drug smuggling after the decision to blacklist the carrier sparked ...

Judge orders mental exam for Cole bombing suspect
A military judge at Guantanamo Bay refused Monday to suspend a pretrial hearing for the prisoner accused of orchestrating the attack on the USS Cole, ...