THE military judge presiding over four of the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals said he would consider whether torture was involved when deciding what evidence could be admitted in the trials.

A US military commission began a pre-trial hearing today for a Yemeni man charged with conspiracy and who served as Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard.

A US Army soldier accused of murdering her two young children by drowning them in the bathtub at their home gave tearful testimony today before a court-martial in the western German city of Mannheim.