A Hong Kong court ruled Tuesday that the Chinese special administrative region's Telecommunications Ordinance was unconstitutional because it violates the freedom of expression guaranteed by Hong Kong's Basic Law and Bill of Rights by giving the government...

The US Army said Tuesday that Army Sgt. 1st Class Trey A. Corrales will be court-martialed on charges of premeditated murder for his alleged role in the killing of an unarmed Iraqi civilian near the Iraqi city...

The US Justice Department has withdrawn its appeal of a federal judge's decision to invalidate a 2005 regulation governing the management of national forests, advocacy groups said Tuesday. The appeal was filed in a...

Malaysian police fired a water cannon at protesters in Kuala Lumpur Saturday and chased them with batons as some 300 demonstrated against the country's controversial Internal Security Act (ISA) , a preventive detention law that allows the Malaysian...

An Egyptian court has convicted three police officers for torturing and publicly humiliating a suspected thief, according to "judicial sources" cited by Reuters Saturday. The higher-ranking police officer was sentenced to five years in jail, while the two lower-ranking...

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide attack Thursday at a rally in Rawalpindi. Bhutto, head of the opposition Pakistan People's Party , was campaigning in the lead-up to...

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be arrested if he returns home from self-imposed exile in England, despite his party's success in general election earlier this week, according to Thai officials Thursday. Thaksin...

Leading legislators from Lebanon's majority party were expected to file a petition in parliament Thursday seeking a constitutional amendment to allow Gen. Michel Suleiman to become president of Lebanon. Under the current Lebanese constitution ,...

US District Court Judge Stephan Mickle of the Northern District of Florida granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking the implementation of a new Florida voting law intended to prevent election fraud in the state. The...

The Israeli government has failed to investigate and indict members of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) for acts of violence committed against Palestinian civilians, according to a report issued Tuesday by Israeli human rights group...