Russia is clamping down "on the freedoms of assembly and expression in the run-up to parliamentary and presidential elections," according to a report released by Amnesty International Tuesday. Amnesty expressed concern that authorities are harassing rights...

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday ordered some 70 Internet service providers to restore access to video-sharing website YouTube , lifting an order issued last week blocking access over "blasphemous" posted on the...

Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Guek Eav , also known as Duch, visited the Choeung Ek "killing field" Tuesday as part of an on-site investigation by co-investigating judges of the Extraordinary Chambers in the...

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Monday that the FCC is "ready, willing, and able to step in if necessary" to ensure a proper balance is struck between consumer proponents of "net neutrality" principles and the...

British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Barry Davies has ruled that Section 184.4 of the Canadian Criminal Code , which allows law enforcement officers to electronically intercept private communications in "exceptional circumstances" without court authorization, is unconstitutional because it...

A federal jury in Hartford, Connecticut on Monday found five former insurance executives guilty of charges of conspiracy, securities fraud, false statements to the SEC, and mail fraud in connection with a scheme to falsely inflate the financial health...

Three Canadian opposition MPs and a US military lawyer urged the Canadian government Monday to request the extradition and repatriation of Omar Khadr , a Canadian citizen being detained at Guantanamo Bay ....

Russia's backing of Serbia in its denunciation of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence last week is in keeping with international law, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. Lavrov told Vesti 24 ...

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Cuellar v. United States , 06-1456, where the Court considered "whether merely hiding funds with no design...

At least 10 Turkish universities have continued to enforce a ban on headscarves despite recent amendments to the Turkish constitution lifting the ban, according to Monday media reports. Head of the Higher Education Board Yusuf Ozcan...