Myanmar's military junta has announced the release of 87 people held in the wake of the government's crackdown against protesters and political dissidents which began in August. The released prisoners include more than 50 members of the National League...

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said Friday that Serbia must do more to apprehend fugitive war crimes suspects before she can give a positive report on the country's work...

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan was ordered Friday to begin serving a 6 1/2 prison sentence in less than two weeks. US District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer set November 7 as the...

Italy's highest court of appeal, the Court of Cassation , upheld a verdict Friday clearing former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of charges that he bribed judges to prevent the sale...

Embezzlement charges against the widow and five sons of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet originally indicted with 17 others on October 4 were dropped...

The UK High Court Friday heard arguments in a case that alleges British troops tortured ten Iraqi detainees in Basra in 2003. The nine plaintiffs and a tenth man were arrested in a Basra hotel where British...

Internet VoIP provider Vonage Holding Corp. on Thursday settled a patent lawsuit against it brought by Verizon Communications for up to $120 million. The exact amount of damages Vonage will have to...

Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada was freed from detention Friday after receiving a presidential pardon earlier this week. Estrada had been held for over six years on corruption charges. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's decision to...

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown Thursday announced the launch of a nationwide public consultation leading to a new as-yet-undrafted "Bill of Rights and Duties" in what he described as part of a process of "moving...

Peruvian Justice Minister Maria Zavala Thursday apologized for the 1992 death squad killings of nine university students and a professor in the so-called La Cantuta massacre during the regime of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori [BBC...