US District Judge Reggie B. Walton Monday authorized public release of audio recordings of the secret grand jury testimony of former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby after they are played at...

The German Federal Court of Justice ruled Monday that police in Germany are not permitted to secretly access computer and Internet data stored on suspects' computers without proper authorization....

Journalists increasingly face the potential of government prosecution and imprisonment when they choose to report on the activities of ruling governments in the Middle East, according to a new worldwide survey released...

Apple Inc. and Apple Corps Ltd. , the record label owned by the Beatles and their families, announced Monday they have reached a new compromise that replaces their 1991 trademark agreement and resolves...

Eight former Bangladeshi ministers face allegations of corruption Monday after Bangladeshi security forces arrested 13 former ministers and senior politicians in raids in Dhaka Sunday. The government cited recently promulgated emergency powers as the basis for the...

French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy Monday cautioned countries against the illegal and unacceptable use of child soldiers in armed conflicts at the opening of Free Children from War , a two-day global conference in Paris drawing...

French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy warned Monday against apologizing for crimes committed during France's colonization of Algeria. His comments came in response to remarks made Sunday by prominent a French Socialist Party (PS) leader who...

Two human rights lawyers in Vietnam were ordered to return to a police station for additional questioning Monday after they were detained over the weekend for hosting a discussion on human rights law. Nguyen Van Dai...

The chairman of Hyundai Motors Group was convicted Monday of embezzling company funds and allegedly using secret accounts to bribe politicians in South Korea . Chung Mong-koo received a three-year prison...

Russian prosecutors have brought new money laundering charges against former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky , his lawyers said Monday. Khodorkovsky was convicted in May 2005 of tax evasion [JURIST...