Slovakian authorities on Thursday announced that they have filed new charges against a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest last month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The charges concern facilitating the...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday nullified the Contempt of Court Bill 2012 which was passed to shield the country's new prime minister from contempt charges. The bill was passed by the upper and lower houses...

A trial court in Minnesota ruled on Wednesday that the state's Defense of Marriage Act does not prohibit partners in same-sex couples from inheriting each other's assets. A judge for the Hennepin County District Court declared...

The Egyptian government announced Thursday that it has requested the release of the last of its citizens currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Egyptian Tarek al-Sawah, 54, has been held at Guantanamo for 11...

Amnesty International (AI) urged the Cuban government on Thursday to stop harassing and detaining political and human rights activists. AI's call for an end to harassment by Cuban authorities came in the wake of Cuba...

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn on Tuesday proposed legislation to ban assault weapons in the state. Quinn exercised his amendatory veto power under Article IV, Section IX of the Illinois Constitution on a bill [SB...

The UN Security Council on Thursday reiterated their condemnation of a group of renegade soldiers attempting to destabilize the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) known as the 23 March Movement...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday released a report entitled Angola’s Upcoming Elections: Attacks on the Media, Expression, and Assembly alleging that the government of Angola is responsible...

The US Congress on a voice vote on Thursday approved a bill extending the ban on imports from Myanmar . Both the House of Representative and the Senate have approved the bill [Reuters...

The UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) on Wednesday renewed its call for an end to the violence between the Syrian government and opposition forces in preparation for planned food assistance by the...