Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is again back in the headlines after figuring in another legal battle. This time against the French media, which Strauss-Kahn said through his lawyers had been very "intrusive" of his and his wife's privacy.
Christine Gaylican
Nov 15, 2011
Four Spanish nationals are in police custody and facing charges of trafficking 300 kilos of cocaine worth $78 million.
Windsor Genova
Nov 15, 2011
Some 3,000 police and soldiers raided and took over two of Brazil's biggest shantytowns Sunday as part of a crackdown against armed drug gangs and security preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
Windsor Genova
Nov 15, 2011
A significant number of Australian employers have been abusing contracting arrangements which deprived workers in certain industries millions of dollars in unpaid salaries in the last financial years.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 14, 2011
Spirit has taken control of All Black wing Zac Guildford again over the weekend as he barged drunk, naked and bleeding into a Cook Islands bar and punched two men there.
Windsor Genova
Nov 14, 2011
Gay rights advocates are supporting a bill in the Queensland Parliament that seeks to recognise same-sex unions. The bill was introduced by Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 11, 2011
The pilots union of Qantas airlines has challenged before the Federal Court the ruling of Fair Works Australia (FWA) banning the group from staging industrial action.
Windsor Genova
Nov 11, 2011
Besides carbon tax protesters who promised to make their voices heard when U.S. President Barack Obama visits Australia next week, the mother of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will also hold a protest outside Parliament House.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 10, 2011
Android vendors need not fear patent infringement lawsuits from Apple as Google Inc., maker of the most popular mobile operating system in the world, promised to support them if they face legal actions from the iPhone maker.
Windsor Genova
Nov 10, 2011
The Zetas drug cartel in Mexico has released a local member of the hackers group Anonymous following threats by the latter to expose the identities of the criminal gang's accomplices in the government.
Windsor Genova
Nov 10, 2011
Jason Alexander Downie pleaded guilty Wednesday before the Elizabeth Magistrates Court of killing 16-year-old Chantelle Rowe and her parents in their home in Kapunda, South Australia one year ago.
Windsor Genova
Nov 10, 2011
Ned Kelly will finally get his last wish, burial on consecrated ground, 131 years after his execution.
Windsor Genova
Nov 09, 2011
A security aide of slain Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi detained in Misrata has told CNN and BBC that the longest-serving leader of Africa was forced to scavenge for food and hide in abandoned homes in his hometown Sirte during his last days.
Windsor Genova
Nov 08, 2011
A jury has found a bar manager guilty of murdering his multi-millionaire boss in his home and dumping his body somewhere.
Windsor Genova
Nov 08, 2011
Sitting uncomfortably at the center of the Jackson controversy at this moment is Dr. Conrad Murray. What’s a man to do as a last resort? Pray, of course.
Diadem Pambid
Nov 07, 2011
A TV deal between Nine Network and the parents of the 14-year-old boy on trial in Bali, Indonesia for buying marijuana was cancelled on Sunday.
Windsor Genova
Nov 07, 2011
After nearly two months, the trial of Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's former doctor, is drawing to a close.
Jackie Bargas
Nov 04, 2011
A Briton revealed that Google has finally removed a fake online review of his business on Google's Places that mentioned him as a pedophile after his request to delete it have been ignored for 18 months. Unfortunately, the damage had been done.
Windsor Genova
Nov 04, 2011
The Australian legal advisor of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called on the Federal Government to help him get a fair trial in Sweden following the British High Court's decision to extradite him to the Scandinavian country to face rape charges.
Windsor Genova
Nov 03, 2011
As the testimonies for the 'involuntary manslaughter' trial end, Jackson's physician Dr. Conrad Murray told the judge that he will not add any other statements to his defence.
Nov 02, 2011
A wooden boat packed with 70 suspected asylum seekers capsized off the coast of West Java in Indonesia on Tuesday drowning 17 people.
Windsor Genova
Nov 02, 2011
The U.K.'s High Court will rule on Wednesday whether or not to extradite controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden so he could be questioned by police about two women's allegations that he raped them.
Windsor Genova
Nov 02, 2011
The ongoing legal battle between Samsung Electronics and Apple for a larger share of the Australian techie market escalated further on Tuesday after the South Korean firm sought a look into Apple's deals with major Australian telcos.
Vittorio Hernandez
Nov 02, 2011
The Canada-based Australian bodyguard of Al-Saadi Gaddafi, the third son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, has surfaced and belied allegations that his client was a mass murderer.
Windsor Genova
Nov 01, 2011
Anonymous hackers are taking on the violent Mexican drug cartel Zetas after one member was allegedly kidnapped by the gang notorious for executing rivals, police and civilians who get in their way.
Windsor Genova
Nov 01, 2011
NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour has urged government agencies to effectively cooperate with each other up to national levels to protect children from sex offenders who have been previously convicted for sexual offenses.
Arlene Paredes
Nov 01, 2011
The Queensland government will fit GPS trackers initially to 67 convicted pedophiles starting next year so their whereabouts can be monitored 24/7.
Windsor Genova
Nov 01, 2011
A grand piano was found overturned inside the trashed apartment home of ex-Olympian Grant Hackett and wife Candice Alley early Sunday morning.
Windsor Genova
Oct 31, 2011
Australian affordable tablet computer manufacturer Kogan may have given in to pressure from Apple not to sell Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1, but two retailers are resisting Apple.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 27, 2011
A British fugitive found living in Sydney under an alias has claimed that he is innocent of the charge that he faked his death to get a $2 million in life insurance and has dared the U.K. police to arrest him in Australia.
Windsor Genova
Oct 27, 2011