Syrian authorities have been maintaining secret detention facilities to hold and torture prisoners, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The report, compiled based on accounts from victims and former military and intelligence officials,...
The US government is considering transferring suspected Taliban militants from Guantanamo Bay to prisons in Afghanistan, officials told AP on Saturday. The potential transfer is part of an ongoing effort by the US government to improve...
US Bancorp , one of the 10 largest banks in the US, on Monday announced that they have agreed to a $55 million settlement to resolve lawsuits by customers who sued over excessive overdraft fees. The settlement is...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday said that an effective international arms treaty would save lives and aid in the enforcement of international law. The statement by the ICRC was made...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Francois Crepeau on Monday called on the government of Turkey and authorities in the European Union (EU) to respect the rights of migrants in...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) on Monday announced that they had reached a $3 billion settlement in a series of criminal and...
The US government on Friday dropped all charges against a Kuwaiti national being held in Guantanamo Bay . Faiz al Kandari, who previously lost a petition for habeas corpus, was never formally brought to trial. His case was...
North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue on Sunday vetoed a bill that would have lifted a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in the state. Fracking is the process of injecting a high...
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Sunday told reporters that attacks by Islamist rebels on religious monuments in Mali will not be tolerated. Bensouda said that...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Sunday issued a temporary injunction blocking a controversial Mississippi abortion law that was scheduled to go into effect...
