The British government Monday released proposed money-laundering regulations that would broaden controls on businesses, politicians, and foreign officials with a view to controlling corruption, fighting crime and making financing of terrorism more difficult. The new rules would require financial...

The office of the Russian Prosecutor General has suspended its investigation into an alleged coup plot by billionaire businessman Boris Berezovsky , a lawyer for Berezovsky said Monday. Berezovsky is currently living in London,...

The special court for organized crime in Serbia Monday began a trial for 35 members of the so-called "Bankruptcy Mafia" - including former Belgrade Commercial Court president Goran Kljajevic and other prominent businessmen, bankers,...

The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Monday, including Cunningham v. California where the Court struck down as unconstitutional California sentencing rules that allow judges...

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will most likely resign if charges are brought against his closest aides in a growing "cash-for-honours" investigation , senior ministers have told The Guardian newspaper. The arrest...

Australian officials said Monday that Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks could face reduced charges when he goes to trial before new US military commissions, the procedural rules for which were promulgated last week....

The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of the Bangladesh Election Commission (EC) resigned Monday as a controversial election threatens to undermine the political stability of the country. CEC MA Aziz voluntarily took a three-month leave of absence in...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday urged Rwandan judges and police to investigate and stop attacks on individuals administering or testifying in local tribunals known as Gacaca courts to bring those allegedly...

Czech Republic Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said Sunday that leaders in Prague are not on board with ratifying the European constitution in its current form, and do not plan to take part...

Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza said Sunday that his country's extradition of 15 alleged drug kingpins and major drug traffickers to the US was a "unilateral and sovereign" decision by the...