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Long after move to US, Nazi suspect faces charges 06/19/2014 02:20pm • KATHY MATHESON Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A decade after a court ruling allowed him to live out his quiet, middle-class life in the U.S., an 89-year-old Philadelphia man faces possible extradition to Germany on charges he aided in the killing of 216,000 Jewish men, women and children at a Lawyers: Ex-Ivory Coast leader eager for trial 06/19/2014 01:53pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Lawyers for Ivory Coast's former president say their client is eager to stand trial on charges of crimes against humanity so those truly responsible for his country's crisis will be brought to justice.Last week judges at the International Criminal Court ruled that Laurent Gbag Macedonia: Parliament approves new cabinet 06/19/2014 01:22pm • SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- Macedonia's parliament has approved the new conservative coalition cabinet of Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who vowed Thursday to boost the economy and reduce unemployment.Gruevski, who won his fourth consecutive victory in snap polls in April, told parliament his new gov What's next for Libya suspect, on ship and beyond? 06/19/2014 10:58am • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. military got its man, and has handed him over to the Justice Department. What's next for Ahmed Abu Khattala, the Libyan militant accused of being a mastermind of the 2012 Benghazi attacks? What's happening on the ship where he's being held? Wh Gulf nations struggle with Iraq militant blowback 06/19/2014 04:58am • AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Saudi Arabia and other petro-powerhouses of the Gulf for years encouraged a flow of private cash to Sunni rebels in Syria. Now an al-Qaida breakaway group that benefited from some of that funding has stormed across a wide swath of Iraq US aims for trial of Benghazi suspect held on ship 06/19/2014 03:18am • LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The capture of an alleged leader of the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, gave U.S. officials a rare moment of good news. Now, they are preparing to try the captured Libyan in the U.S. court system and pledging to double down on Man accused in border agent killing is extradited 06/18/2014 10:10pm • ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- One of the five men accused in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death exposed a botched federal gun sting has been extradited to the United States.Jesus Leonel Sanchez-Meza, also known as Lionel Portillo-Meza, was arraigned in feder Iraqi faces charges after 7 years at Guantanamo 06/18/2014 06:46pm • BEN FOX Associated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- A Guantanamo prisoner accused of being an al-Qaida commander who organized deadly attacks in Afghanistan had his first day in court Wednesday more than seven years after he was taken to this U.S. base.Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi was arraigned Deadly brawl is latest test of self-defense laws 06/18/2014 04:34pm • SADIE GURMAN Associated Press DENVER (AP) -- A Colorado prosecutor said he's frustrated that the state's "Make My Day" law prevents him from charging a man who killed an acquaintance during a drunken brawl that spilled into his home, becoming the latest test to self-defense gun laws nationwide.The N 1980 coup leaders given life sentences in Turkey 06/18/2014 11:52am • SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- In a showcase trial aimed at ending the military's interference in Turkish politics for good, a court on Wednesday convicted the only two surviving leaders of the country's 1980 military coup of crimes against the state and sentenced them to life US seizes Benghazi suspect in deadly Libya attack 06/18/2014 03:06am • LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. special forces seized a "key leader" of the deadly Benghazi, Libya, attack and he is on his way to face trial in the U.S. for the fiery assault that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, the Obama administration announced Tues GPS tracking case has left unsettled questions 06/17/2014 09:16am • ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Judges around the country are grappling with the ripple effects of a 2-year-old Supreme Court ruling on GPS tracking, reaching conflicting conclusions on the case's broader meaning and tackling unresolved questions that flare in a world where privacy a FBI questions disrupt 9/11 case at Guantanamo 06/17/2014 03:40am • BEN FOX Associated Press GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attack say the FBI has questioned more support staff on their legal teams, a development that may prompt a new detour in an already snarled case as the war crimes tribunal reconv Supreme Court rules on 'straw purchaser' law 06/17/2014 02:40am • SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A divided Supreme Court sided with gun control groups and the Obama administration Monday, ruling that the federal ban on "straw" purchases of guns can be enforced even if the ultimate buyer is legally allowed to own a gun.The justices ruled 5-4 that t UN calls Iraq reports almost certain war crimes 06/16/2014 01:32pm • JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) -- Evidence shows that the Islamic militants who massacred scores of captured Iraqi soldiers "almost certainly" committed war crimes, U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said Monday.Pillay condemned what she called the reported "cold-blooded executions of h