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...

Jury selection began Tuesday in the case of five Somali men accused of an April attack on the USS Nichols, which was deployed to combat piracy in waters off the eastern coast of Africa. In July,...

No criminal charges will be brought against Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials for destroying videotapes of controversial interrogations of terror suspects during the Bush administration, a federal prosecutor announced Tuesday. US Department of Justice...