It is estimated that there were a million casualties from the use of poison gases in the First World War. Official figures list 180,983 British soldiers as being gassed, of whom 6,062 died in the trenches, but these figures are often considered to be...

The Hague Conventions were international treaties negotiated at the First and Second Peace Conferences at The Hague, Netherlands in 1899 and 1907, respectively, and were, along with the Geneva Conventions, among the first formal statements of the laws...

Guatemala has ratified an international adoption treaty, committing to bring adoptions under government regulation and make sure babies are not bought or stolen.Guatemalan law currently allows notaries to act as baby brokers who recruit birth mothers, handle paperwork and complete foreign adoptions in less than...

A divorced woman may move to Japan with her daughter over the wishes of the child's father, even though he fears Japanese law won't allow him to enforce visitation orders, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Monday.The 7-0 ruling upheld two lower court rulings in...

Guatemalan police rescued a two-month-old boy who had been stolen from his home and arrested four people who were allegedly preparing the baby for illegal adoption, an official said.The rescue comes amid growing concerns about the Central American country's export of thousands of babies each...

Citing rampant problems of fraud and extortion, the State Department says it no longer recommends that Americans adopt children from Guatemala _ the No. 2 source of orphans coming to the United States.Some adoption officials are outraged, calling the move a de facto suspension and...