Carla Del Ponte , the top prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , called on Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to renew efforts to capture war crimes fugitives Ratko Mladic and...

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown told parliament Wednesday in a wide-ranging statement on security and counter-terrorism policy that new rules need to be implemented that allow police more time to question uncharged terror suspects....

The UK Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) reported Wednesday that it has found no evidence of direct British involvement in the operation of extraordinary rendition flights through UK airspace...

The UK Department for Culture, Media, and Sport Tuesday rejected a recommendation to push the EU for longer copyright terms for sound recordings, citing the 2006 Gowers Review of Intellectual Property . The Gowers...

Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday rebuked UK Ambassador to Russia Sir Tony Brenton's suggestion that Russian authorities should interpret the Russian constitution's prohibition on extraditing citizens in "light of the circumstances" , calling it an "insult...

A federal judge Tuesday refused to dismiss lawsuits brought by several states seeking more information from the federal government about the administration's domestic surveillance program . In his ruling, Judge Vaughn Walker expressed doubt about...

US District Judge Shira Scheindlin of the Southern District of New York Tuesday certified a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of approximately 5,000 to 10,000 suspected panhandlers against 553 law enforcement agencies in New York state. The lawsuit...

Torture was the human rights abuse most commonly alleged in Uganda in 2006, according to a report expected to be released in August by the Uganda Human Rights Commission . The annual report, obtained by...

The Iraqi Accordance Front , the largest Sunni parliamentary bloc, said Wednesday that it is suspending participation as a coalition partner in the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and will permanently withdraw from al-Maliki's government...

There are approximately 2000 suspected terrorists living in Great Britain, up from last year's estimate of 1600, UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said Tuesday. She recommended that legislators pass new terror laws to allow police to hold...