The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that states can sue power companies for emitting carbon dioxide, allegedly contributing to global warming . The ruling came in a lawsuit...

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski on Monday proposed "net neutrality" regulations that would prevent Internet providers from restricting access to particular services. At a speech [text; recorded...

A US military judge on Monday granted the government's request for a 60-day continuance in the trial of five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks . Judge Stephen Henley granted...

Italy systematically forces migrants to return to Libya where they face human rights abuses without screening them for possible asylum claims, according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The...

British Liberal Democrats voted Monday to support a motion calling for a public investigation into the UK's potential complicity in torture. The motion, passed at the party's conference , calls for:A full and...

Pakistani authorities on Monday placed under house arrest the leader of an Islamist group suspected of playing a key role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks . Hafiz Muhammad Saeed , the founder and leader...

A French court on Monday began the trial of former prime minister Dominique de Villepin , accused of slandering businessmen and top politicians including current French President Nicolas Sarkozy [official website, in French; JURIST news...

The German Bundesrat gave final approval to a bill Friday that will allow Germany to ratify the EU reform treaty, known as the Lisbon Treaty . Although both houses of Germany's...

Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik announced Saturday that his government would indict seven suspects in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks . He also requested further evidence from India that the head of the erstwhile-Islamic charity...

Two more Uighur detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay have agreed to be transferred to Palau, their lawyer told the Associated Press Saturday. Six of the remaining 13 Uighurs in Guantanamo Bay are now...