World & Nation
First, the United States kidnaps a Mexican doctor in his own office to face murder charges in a U.S. court.
June 21, 1992
Trade advocates are bracing for a ruling by a federal judge in Alabama in a little-noticed lawsuit whose outcome could dramatically alter the way the U.S. has conducted its trade policy over four decades.
July 22, 1999
Accord: Conservatives’ opposition--and some say, White House inaction--has kept the pact from being submitted to the Senate. It has been ratified by 191 nations.
Nov. 18, 1999
California
Litigation: Amnesty International says judge’s order to shock defendant violates international law on torture.
Oct. 20, 1998
There’s no good reason why the “Law of the Sea” -- a set of global rules for navigating, mining and conserving the oceans -- shouldn’t sail through the Senate, past the president and into law.
May 3, 2004
On Sunday, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld quickly invoked international law in condemning Iraq’s treatment of American prisoners of war and its use of civilians as human shields.
March 25, 2003
The Supreme Court must deny extra rights for criminals who are foreigners.
March 8, 2006
Opinion
After attacking the North American Free Trade Agreement repeatedly during his campaign, Donald Trump notably failed to include NAFTA on his agenda for his first day in the Oval Office.
Nov. 29, 2016
Politics
The question facing U.S. foreign policy is not internationalism versus the “new isolationists,” as President Bill Clinton would have it.
Dec. 12, 1999
Rep. Philip M.
Sept. 9, 1991