The UN Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises expressed its concern on Friday that Rio+20 , the recent UN Conference on Sustainable Development, failed to expressly state that businesses...

Leaders of the US House of Representatives on Friday petitioned the Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of Section 3 of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act , which limits the federal benefits...

President-elect of Egypt Mohamed Morsi was sworn in Saturday at the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) before the General Assembly of the court. In his speech, Morsi vowed that Egypt would continue on the right path...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday announced that it will not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder after the House of Representatives voted to hold him in contempt of Congress . The...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday demanded that authorities in Kazakhstan publicly disclose their reasons for bringing new criminal charges against a group of labor activists and an oil worker who participated in...

A minister for France's new Socialist government announced on Friday that France will legalize same-sex marriage by the end of next year. Dominique Bertinotti , the junior minister for families, proclaimed that within a year, same-sex...

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos on Friday expressed concern about deteriorating conditions in Sudan due to continued violent conflict in the country. Amos noted a recent increase in Sudanese refugees...

Peter Madoff , brother of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Friday on charges connected with Bernard Madoff's multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme. He agreed to serve 10 years in prison and give up...

A New York-based labor rights group alleged Wednesday that Apple suppliers in China are violating local Chinese labor laws . China Labor Watch claimed that an Apple Foxconn factory and nine other factories in...

The UN Security Council on Friday extended the terms of four judges of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Judge William Sekule of the United Republic of Tanzania, Judge Solomy Balungi...