Lithuanian Justice Minister Remigijus Simasius said Tuesday that the country does not plan to increase the amount of restitution it will pay to Jewish Holocaust survivors in the country, according to the Associated...

International corporations that purchase minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo are responsible for prolonging the conflict in the African country, according to a report issued Tuesday by human rights group Global Witness [advocacy...

The US House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday delayed action on legislation that would create a consumer financial protection agency, slowing progress on a key Obama administration project. The delay was granted at the...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has implemented a law requiring the country's Internet service providers to retain records of users' incoming and outgoing data for at least three months, according to a Monday report ...

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday delayed a vote on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor at the request of Senate Republicans. The vote on whether to send the...

Department of Defense—Retired Military Officers as Media Analysts, United States Government Accountability Office, July 21, 2009 [concluding that the US Department of Defense did not violate prohibitions on propaganda by having retired military officers offer public support to the Bush...

The French National Assembly voted Tuesday to delay a vote on a new version of a controversial Internet piracy law, past its original July 24 date. The...

Venezuela judge Alicia Torres said Monday that she has been removed from her position presiding over a case against Globovision TV owner Guillermo Zuloaga. Zuloaga has been charged with usury and conspiracy to...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) sent an open letter Monday to US Attorney General Eric Holder to "express strong support for opening a criminal investigation into abusive interrogation practices by the US government...

A report on the closure of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , due to be presented to US President Barack Obama Tuesday, will be delayed for six months, officials reported Monday....