Air NZ apologises for a crew manual which suggested flight attendants watch Tongans who wanted to "drink the bar dry".

Fresh evidence has emerged that British military intelligence ran a secret operation in Iraq which authorised degrading and unlawful treatment of prisoners.

The Human Rights Commission has been asked to clarify whether a Sikh student should be allowed to wear a ceremonial dagger to school.

Japanese lawyers are lined up to defend incarcerated anti-whaling protester Peter Bethune, but an environmental group still hopes Japanese authorities will send him home.

A former Sydney brothel owner turned restaurateur is believed to have fled NZ owing thousands, including a court-ordered $15,000 for sexually harassing a staff member.

Japanese media have expressed frustration at a NZ activist's anti-whaling protests, with one top newspaper accusing him of terrorism.

John Key says the Govt can not intervene in Japan's legal processes to help anti-whaling campaigner Peter Bethune.

A British man who has been on hunger strike in a US prison since September 2007 can legally be force-fed by prison authorities, a court has ruled.

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather today apologised for a remark that could be taken as a racist slur on President Barack Obama.

The Family Court in Queensland has authorised the parents of a profoundly disabled girl to give their daughter a hysterectomy.

For the next six months a bright, young Auckland lawyer will work for the International Criminal Court at the Hague.

A panel of experts has recommended an alert system for all abusive mothers so officials know when they have more children.