The Alabama Attorney General's Office on Wednesday requested that a certified question be answered by the Alabama Supreme Court before the legal battle over the state's controversial immigration law commences in the...
A representative for the UN Mission in the Ivory Coast (MINUCI) confirmed that forces loyal to President Alassane Ouattara are continuing to kill civilians and opposition members in his name, with...
Pakistan extradited Umar Patek, the confessed bomb maker in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombing , to Indonesia on Thursday. Patek will be charged under the Indonesian criminal code rather than its terrorism laws. Reportedly, he...
A Vietnam court sentenced blogger and professor Pham Minh Hoang , alias Phan Kien Quoc, to three years in prison Wednesday for anti-government articles, accusing him of "attempted subversion." Hoang reportedly joined the pro-democracy group Viet Tan...
The son of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo , Michel Gbagbo, and 12 other Gbagbo allies were charged Wednesday with committing acts of post-election violence . The 13 men are charged with armed insurrection and...
Twenty-seven rights groups called Tuesday for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to convene a special session on Syria . The organizations asked the council to end its silence on Syria, especially in light of the...
California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed into law AB 459 , an interstate compact which would deliver all 55 of California's electoral college votes to the winner of the national...
An unknown Western country is funding an investigation into Syria's recent human rights abuses, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. A diplomat acknowledged that an anonymous Western nation is working to collect enough testimony to potentially try...
The Iraqi Parliament passed a bill Tuesday proclaiming to guarantee more protections and rights for journalists, although several journalist rights groups have opposed the law's passage. The Journalists Protection Law, originally...
The Supreme Court of Cuba on Friday upheld a 15-year sentence for Alan Gross, a US citizen accused of "acts against the independence or integrity of the state." Gross...
