The house arrest order against former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been lifted, Pakistani police said Thursday. Bhutto was placed under house arrest for seven days early Tuesday in an effort to block her...

The Constitutional Council of France Thursday approved a controversial amendment to an immigration law that would allow voluntary DNA testing to establish family ties between recent immigrants and relatives already living in...

Nations that support the use of the death penalty Wednesday criticized a UN draft resolution to impose a world-wide moratorium on the capital punishment. The UN Human Rights Committee is scheduled...

A Philadelphia judge ruled that Wednesday that Wal-mart Inc. must pay attorney fees and other costs for a class of Wal-Mart employees that had brought suit against the retail giant for denying them payment...

The US House of Representatives passed legislation by voice vote Tuesday that would ban federal prosecutors from threatening to prosecute corporations for refusing to turn over information protected by attorney-client privilege . The Attorney-Client Privilege Act...

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has admitted that it has several recorded interrogations of suspected "enemy combatants," contrary to previous assertions. According to a letter released Tuesday, the agency mistakenly denied in court declarations...

The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) has threatened to suspend Pakistan from the Commonwealth if it does not end emergency rule by November 22. The group also called on Pakistan to release all detainees, restore the...

A Japanese parliamentary committee Monday approved a controversial anti-terror bill re-authorizing Japan's support mission for US operations in the Indian Ocean. Under the bill, Japanese ships will be barred from refueling US ships involved in combat or humanitarian operations...

Lawyers for Canadian citizen Maher Arar argued before a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that Arar should be allowed to revive his lawsuit against senior officials in...

Three Spanish air crew and a Belgian pilot held in Chad in connection with a French charity's attempt to airlift 103 children alleged to be Darfur orphans were released Friday. Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos...