A UK High Court on Tuesday denied an appeal from Iraqi citizens to open a single public inquiry into allegations of abuse by members of the British Armed Forces. The Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) ,...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Tuesday upheld the convictions of former Illinois governor George Ryan , refusing his request for early release. In September,...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 Tuesday in favor of new rules to allow the government to regulate Internet traffic. The so-called net neutrality rules, proposed by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski...

Sudan's Constitutional Court on Monday rejected a suit that could have postponed next month's scheduled referendum on independence for southern Sudan but chose not to dismiss two similar suits. According to a spokesperson for the South Sudan Referendum Commission...

Iranian prosecutors have charged First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi with embezzling money, judiciary spokesperson Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi announced Monday. The spokesperson said he expects the case to go to trial . Conservative lawmakers say they have...

Toyota Motor Corporation settled US federal investigations on Tuesday by agreeing to pay a record $32.4 million in extra fines for product defects and poor handling of a recall. The fines stem from two...

The war crimes court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Tuesday convicted four former Bosnian Serb policemen of killing at least 150 civilians during the 1992-1995 Bosnian civil war . The...

The National Assembly of Venezuela on Monday passed the Social Responsibility Law , which bans Internet content that promotes unrest among citizens or challenges legally established authorities. The law expands 2004 restrictions...

The number of executions that took place in the US in 2010 was down 12 percent from 2009, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) annual report released Tuesday. There were...

Belarusian police arrested hundreds of demonstrators on Monday, including seven of the nine presidential candidates, who were protesting the results of Sunday's presidential election . The official results, announced Monday, declared incumbent Alexander Lukashenko [BBC profile,...