US Assistant Secretary of State David Welch said Thursday that Libya has made an initial deposit into a US government account as part of a deal to settle claims involving Libyan-linked terrorism in the 1980s. Under the...
German authorities Wednesday transferred custody of Augustin Ngirabatware, a former Rwandan minister suspected of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide , from a facility in Frankfurt to a UN Detention Facility in Arusha, Tanzania. In Tanzania, Ngirabatware awaits...
The newly appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday urged the military-led government of Myanmar to release its remaining political prisoners as she called attention to "unjust or inappropriate" detentions worldwide. Navanethem (Navi) Pillay [official...
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to implement a new regulation that relaxes restrictions on issuing US visas to HIV-positive visitors. The regulation allows HIV-positive foreigners seeking to visit the US...
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Wednesday ruled that the United States Postal Service (USPS) was entitled to immunity in a lawsuit alleging that a postal employee had interfered...
Millions of Americans have been effectively disenfranchised because of criminal convictions, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Brennan Center for Justice . The report...
More than 400 supporters of the Zimbabwe opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have been detained and more than 3,000 families displaced since the March 29 election , MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti said Sunday. Biti...
The National Assembly of Niger passed new anti-terrorism legislation Saturday aimed at helping security forces combat the resurgence of an ethnic Tuareg rebellion that has thrown the West African country into in a...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is currently investigating 2,500 cases of public corruption, a 50 percent increase from five years ago, FBI Director Robert Mueller said in a Thursday speech to the American...
Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed a bill into law late Thursday that would require an applicant to show proof of US residency before being issued a state driver's license or ID card . Forty-three other...
