CIA Commando Challenges Agency in Court

A CIA paramilitary officer is filing suit against the spy agency in federal court Friday alleging that the agency is using a baseless war crime allegation to...

Why the Syrian Rebels May Also Be Guilty of War Crimes

For weeks, politicians in European capitals and in the U.S. have debated how, and if, they should assist Syrian rebels fighting the regime of President Bashar...

Bosnia's Butcher in Court: Ratko Mladic Stands Trial for War Crimes

Jauntily applauding his war crimes judges and giving them a thumbs up, Ratko Mladic showed he had lost none of the swagger of the soldier who stands accused of...

Warlord Convicted: Liberia's Charles Taylor Found Guilty of War Crimes

Once the commanding and charismatic warlord, Charles Taylor cut a distant, bewildered, even pathetic figure in the courtroom on Thursday as he listened to the...

Why Sri Lanka Remains Defiant Against New Allegations of War Crimes

“They didn’t believe that anyone in the international community was willing to stop them, and they were right.” That is the lucid explanation offered by John...