The United States and Vietnam have ended a three-year suspension on talks regarding human rights and religious freedoms in the communist country, Barry Lowenkron , US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and...

The next nominee to the Supreme Court of Canada will face televised questioning from a parliamentary committee , Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Monday. Justice John Major retired from the court in...

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) , the world's largest general scientific society, has denounced legislation and policies that "undermine evolution" and "deprive students of the education they need to be...

British officials from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who are investigating the killing of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, who was mistakenly shot by London police last year after the London bombings , plan to...

McDonald's is facing multiple legal actions after the fast-food giant admitted last week that milk and wheat ingredients are used to flavor its trademark french fries. Lawsuits in Illinois, California and Florida have been filed by two...

Human rights groups have condemned the Egyptian Higher Judiciary Council's decision to strip three judges of immunity after they protested voting irregularities during the December parliamentary elections. Members of a group known as the Judges...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Sunday refused to stay the execution of Michael Morales , but in a second decision also approved the presence of a doctor at his...

British historian David Irving has pleaded guilty before an Austrian criminal court to charges of denying the World War II Holocaust . Irving, 68, was arrested in Austria in November...

Statement for the Record: Office of General Counsel Involvement in Interrogation Issues, US Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora, July 7, 2004 ....

Belgium has become the first country in the world to ban the manufacture and use of cluster bombs following passage of legislation by a sound majority of its lower house of parliament. The...