The German Federal Court of Justice ruled Thursday that because the country was not directly involved in the 1999 NATO bombings that killed 10 Serbs and injured 30, it is not...

The Center for Digital Democracy and the US Public Interest Research Group have filed a 50-page complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking it to look into allegedly "deceptive and unfair"...

Former Computer Associates CEO Sanjay Kumar received a 12-year prison sentence and an $8 million fine Thursday after pleading guilty in April to charges of securities fraud and obstruction of justice...

Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks has refused to meet with Australian consular officials in order to avoid punishment by US guards, his lawyer has told an Australian Senate panel. The lawyer said that Hicks believes...

Ohio absentee voters must continue to show proof of ID when applying for an absentee ballot, but absentee ballots already obtained without ID will still be counted after a settlement was reached Wednesday between the state and...

UK Information Commissioner Richard Thomas on Thursday warned that Britain is becoming a "surveillance society" , where the daily lives of citizens are increasingly monitored and privacy is being gradually - if often imperceptibly - eroded....

The retrial of two British National Party (BNP) officials on charges of inciting racial hatred began Wednesday in the UK, with hundreds of supporters protesting outside the Leeds Crown Court. BNP leader Nick Griffin [Wikipedia...

Thai interim Prime Minister Chulanont Surayud Thursday promised to investigate allegations of human rights violations by the government of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra . Speaking to Muslim leaders in the southern Pattani province,...

The United States is violating its universal human rights obligations by its failure to protect millions of illegal immigrant workers from exploitation and discrimination in the workplace, according to a petition filed with the Inter-American...

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court has refused to rule on whether the European Constitution conforms with the German Constitution until a final decision on its ratification has been made. The German parliament ratified the...