Amnesty International (AI) on Monday called for Cuba to release five prisoners whom the group has called "prisoners of conscience." AI reported that the five prisoners are indicative of the continuing repression of speech that...

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday rejected a potential gender discrimination class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart . This lawsuit, which aimed to represent 150,000 female Wal-Mart employees,...

Syria's main opposition group on Sunday urged the UN to probe numerous massacres they say were committed during Ramadan by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad . The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and...

A Turkish court on Monday convicted the country's former military chief of plotting to overthrow the government and sentenced him to life in prison. Retired general Ilker Basbug was arrested in...

A Brazilian court on Saturday sentenced 25 police officers to lengthy prison terms for their role in the 1992 Carandiru prison massacre. Each defendant was sentenced to 624 years for the use of deadly force during the...

A jury for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia recommended Friday that three Somali pirates convicted of murdering four Americans receive life in prison sentences. The attack, which took place in...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday urged an independent investigation into whether war crimes were committed when armed opposition groups in Syria allegedly executed dozens of captured government soldiers in Khan...

The Obama administration on Saturday overturned a US trade panel ban on the sale of older iPads and iPhones. In June the US International Trade Commission (ITC) banned the import or sale ...

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos on Friday once again reiterated demands for an end to the Syrian conflict, noting the increasingly grave conditions for civilian populations and lack of access for...

A federal judge blocked part of a new Wisconsin law on Friday that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, extending a preliminary injunction as a case against the law proceeds to...