China's National People's Congress on Sunday revised a proposed law regulating media during national emergencies after delegates and local people's congresses criticized the law as improper. The proposal, first introduced last June, would have imposed...

The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in five cases Monday, including Morse v. Frederick , where the Court held that public schools do not violate the First Amendment...

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Monday declassified a 693-page file detailing the CIA's illegal activities compiled from a comprehensive internal investigation initiated in May, 1973 by then-CIA director James R. Schlesinger ...

Russian Deputy Prosecutor General Ivan Sydoruk has said that the country should police Internet sites to prevent the spread of extremist material, according to the newspaper Kommersant Friday. Extremism has recently been a major concern for Russian...

China's National People's Congress Sunday began considering measures to codify legal ethics, improve criminal suspects' access to defense lawyers and evidence, and allowed experienced lawyers to establish individual private law firms. The reforms, which guarantee lawyers the...

An Egyptian state security court convicted Muhammad Sayed Saber of spying for Israel's Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations (Mossad) Monday and sentenced the former Egyptian Atomic Energy Agency employee to life in prison. Two...

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor continued his boycott Monday of the judicial proceedings against him during the second day of his trial at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official...

A former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge criticized US President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping program Saturday in an address to the American Library Association's annual convention in Washington. The program has allowed the...

Ali Hassan al-Majid - Saddam Hussein's cousin known to the Western media as "Chemical Ali" - and two other Hussein regime officials received death sentences Sunday for the slaughter of tens of thousands of...

Hundreds of supporters of suspended Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry gathered in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore Saturday, showering Chaudhry with rose petals as he prepared to depart to the city of...