The Supreme Court of the Republic of China Thursday reduced the 12-year prison sentences for former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian and his wife to 11 years each for bribery charges....

The High Court of Australia on Thursday ruled unanimously that two Sri Lankan men held offshore on Christmas Island had been denied procedural fairness. The court stated that the government wrongfully denied the asylum seekers,...

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) confirmed on Wednesday that it is investigating Internet search company Google to determine if it violated communications laws when its Street View vehicles inadvertently collected private...

The Myanmar Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi challenging the conditions of her house arrest. The appeal is largely symbolic, as Suu Kyi is scheduled to...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Alabama Department of Revenue on whether a state's exemption of...

UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro on Tuesday praised the nations that have signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) and urged more states to join the convention at the First Meeting of States...

The Czech Republic continues to discriminate against Roma school children despite a court order, according to a complaint filed Monday with the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe by the...

The UK High Court on Wednesday granted a request to review the nation's Digital Economy Act , which is aimed at the prevention of online copyright infringement. The claim was filed by UK Internet service...

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) faces harmful opposition and political interference from the Cambodian government, the chief defense lawyer said Wednesday. Announcing his resignation, Richard Rogers said that the tribunal,...

The Daxing District People's Court of China on Wednesday convicted Zhao Lianhai for disturbing the social order during the tainted-milk scandal, sentencing him to two-and-a-half years in prison. In 2008, melamine-tainted milk from China was blamed...