US-based Eller & Co. said Friday that Britain's Court of Appeal has agreed to hear on Monday its petition for appeal against a High Court ruling approving the takeover of British shipping company P&O [corporate...

An Ethiopian court has rejected an application by three of 129 Ethiopian election protesters to have a separate trial and adjourned the trial of all 129 people until March 22. The charges, which include conspiracy, treason and genocide for...

The Ohio Supreme Court issued a 4-3 opinion Friday permitting the parents of an unhealthy child born as a result of negligent genetic counseling or negligent failure to diagnose a fetal defect or disease to...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Thursday that the administration is not conducting any additional warrantless domestic surveillance beyond what President Bush acknowledged in December. Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) disclosed the information...

A Croatian district court in Split has convicted eight former soldiers on charges of torturing and killing Serb prisoners and Yugoslav army officers at the Lora military prison during the Serbo-Croat war in 1991. Of the...

Eric Schwartz , the UN's deputy special envoy for tsunami recovery on the protection of vulnerable communities in the tsunami region, concluded his 10-day assessment of the region by urging the countries affected by the 2004...

Lawyers for Army Sgt. Michael Smith, currently facing court-martial for allegedly torturing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison with unmuzzled dogs , have withdrawn a request for testimony from prison commander Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey...

Chinese police have detained protesters in preparation for the annual ceremonial start of session of the National People's Congress in Beijing and forced them to return to their homes, human rights groups said Friday....

Mohammed al-Qahtani, the so-called "20th hijacker" from the Sept. 11 attacks, has disclaimed information he provided about 30 Guantanamo Bay detainees, alleging that the statements were coerced by torture, TIME magazine reported Friday. Qahtani was refused...

Prosecutor Douglas Gansler of the Montgomery County State's Attorneys Office in Maryland said Thursday that he will not seek the death penalty for DC sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad , who is charged with...