The UN-backed genocide tribunal in Cambodia arrested the former Khmer Rouge head of state today following his release from a hospital, officials said.

A lawyer claiming to represent a nephew of Saddam Hussein has said he has filed a suit at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for alleged war crimes by British military leaders in Iraq.

A French lawyer representing Saddam Hussein says the former Iraqi leader’s family has received no information about his health in detention.

A French lawyer infamous for defending terrorists and a Nazi leader today said he has been asked to defend Saddam Hussein.