The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission announced Sunday that the agency has lifted a ban against Facebook after the social networking site agreed to remove content depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The commission blocked access to Facebook [BBC...

Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court Saturday upheld a ruling requiring the country's Ministry of Interior to revoke the citizenship of Egyptian men married to Jewish Israeli women. The court distinguished Israeli women of Jewish origin from those of...

The Chilean Supreme Court released a report Friday detailing the secret fortune of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet , estimating it at over $20 million. The report concluded that Pinochet's military salary accounted for less...

US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of Rwanda genocide denial. Rwandan prosecutors claim that as a result of his past American publications on the Rwandan...

Turkey’s Telecommunications Communication Presidency (TIB) has indefinitely restricted several Google services, including Google Docs and Google Translate, due to "legal reasons," according to local news reports . The TIB, which controls Internet accessibility in Turkey, released...

The US Army announced Friday that a soldier has been charged in the deaths of three Afghan civilians in separate incidents between January and May. Specialist Jeremy Morlock of Joint Base Lewis-McChord was charged with...

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Thursday announced during a local TV broadcast that he will not sign a controversial law that would grant him several presidential powers for life, even if he stepped down from...

Three tobacco companies on Thursday joined a lawsuit challenging a New York City Department of Health regulation requiring stores to display graphic anti-tobacco ads where tobacco products are sold. Altria Group, Lorillard, and...

Authorities in India announced Friday that Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab , the lone gunmen to survive the three-day siege of Mumbai that killed 166 in November 2008, has filed an appeal challenging his...

An Argentine federal court on Thursday commenced trial proceedings for five ex-military officials allegedly responsible for the death of 65 left-wing activists during the nation's 1976-83 "Dirty War" . The former dictators are charged with...