Former Chadian president Hissene Habre will face trial in Senegal on charges that he committed torture, mass killings, and other abuses in the 1980s, leaders of the African Union decided at an...

Bolivian President Evo Morales may be forced to compromise with a special assembly that will rewrite the country's constitution after Morales' Movement Toward Socialism Party (MAS) apparently failed to...

A federal judge in Los Angeles has given preliminary approval to a settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging that Yahoo! Inc. overcharged for pay-per-click advertising. As part of the agreement, approved Wednesday by US District Judge Christina...

Kazakhstan's parliament has approved legislation that would subject the news media to more state control. It will not take effect unless signed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev , who vetoed a similar law...

The US House of Representatives has defeated a measure that would have barred the US Justice Department from collecting evidence in violation of the "knock and announce" rule. The House voted 310-109 late Wednesday to...

A London-based civil liberties group has asked data-protection and privacy officials in more than a dozen countries to prevent the further release of confidential financial information to American authorities. The watchdog group, Privacy International , said...

Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony told the Times of London in an interview published Wednesday that he was "not guilty" of atrocities attributed to him, describing himself as a "freedom fighter" rather than a terrorist. Kony, leader...

A two-year campaign to pass a physician-assisted suicide law in California has failed by one vote in a legislative committee. The state's Senate Judiciary Committee voted 3-2 on Tuesday to reject the California Compassionate...

A Bosnian immigrant to the United States accused of concealing his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre to gain entry went on trial Tuesday in Boston, where survivors described their ordeals in court. Marko...

The parliament of Egypt has passed a bill that restricts the government's influence over the judiciary but falls short of the reforms demanded by some judges. Although the Judicial Authority Law approved Monday by the People's...