The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement for the settlement of pretexting charges against Virginia-based Integrity Security & Investigation Services . Current federal law allows the...

Israel's High Court Thursday gave the state five days to explain why it appointed government officials to investigate its handling of the recent Hezbollah conflict rather than establish an independent inquiry committee. The Movement...

A UN Human Rights Council envoy on Thursday called for an investigation by the International Criminal Court into whether Israel committed war crimes during the 34-day Middle East conflict . In a report,...

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ruled that Germany violated the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights by allowing a lawsuit to continue for 30 years. Jurgen Grasser filed a...

Britain's High Court Thursday quashed the four-week suspension of London Mayor Ken Livingstone , originally handed down by the Adjudication Panel for England in February. The suspension was ordered after Livingstone...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an emergency proclamation Wednesday to relieve prison overcrowding by allowing inmates to be transferred to other states. Citing severe overcrowding as a threat to the health and safety in...

Another Turkish author went on trial Thursday on charges that he "insulted the Turkish identity" in violation of Article 301 of the country's penal code. Ipek Calislar wrote that the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa...

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit sharply questioned federal officials Wednesday during oral arguments in the case of a Pakistani man who says he was detained because of his race,...

US District Judge Christopher Boyko ruled Wednesday that an Ohio voting rule requiring naturalized citizens to provide proof of citizenship if challenged by poll workers was unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio [advocacy...

Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said Thursday that the Australian government plans to appeal a court decision giving Aborigines native title to land in the city of Perth, saying the ruling could prevent non-indigenous...