China has arrested 774 people in a crackdown on the production of substandard products, officials said Monday. The Chinese General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) conducted 626 criminal investigations into the manufacture...

Eleven plaintiffs, including the R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF) have sued the US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) to prevent a rule change that would allow Canadian cattle over 30 months old and beef...

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin called on the US in a report released Monday to quickly prosecute or release terror suspects detained at Guantanamo Bay so that...

A judge in Chad has approved kidnapping charges against six French nationals after French charity Zoe's Arc tried to fly 103 children believed to be orphans from the embattled Darfur region...

The Canadian government Monday rejected fresh allegations that members of the Taliban captured by Canadian troops in Afghanistan were tortured by Afghan investigators after being transferred from Canadian custody. According to Montreal's La Presse, three prisoners said they were...

UN Special Rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak said Monday that torture was widespread and routine throughout Sri Lanka. Nowak visited Sri Lanka in early October and reported to the Third Committee ...

The US Department of State has sheltered bodyguards working for private security firm Blackwater USA from prosecution related to a September shooting incident in Baghdad, according to AP on Monday....

Former Milberg Weiss partner William Lerach pleaded guilty to conspiracy Monday for his part in the firm's illegal kickback scheme. Lerach reached an agreement with prosecutors last month to plead guilty to conspiracy...

An Italian appeals court on Monday affirmed the conviction of Egyptian Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed for belonging to an international terrorist network, but reduced his sentence from ten years to eight. Ahmed was convicted on charges separate...

The government of Peru plans to file a complaint against Chile with the International Court of Justice seeking resolution of the countries' maritime boundary dispute in November or December, el Comercio...