Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday proposed a reduction in the amount of evidence they planned to present against former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic [ICTY backgrounder,...

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday signed a law establishing a truth commission to investigate human rights abuses perpetrated by the military from 1946 to 1988. The bill does not, however, overturn the...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Saturday that he hopes to visit Myanmar soon, after meeting with President Thien Sein . Ban also congratulated Sein on the country's strive toward democracy, as...

As many as 50,000 protesters took to Tahrir Square in Egypt on Friday, decrying the military's continued rule over the nation since the this year's revolution, and on Saturday were met with a reported violent reprisal from police forces....

Philippine authorities formally charged former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with electoral sabotage Saturday, a day after she was arrested on a warrant issued for charges of corruption and election fraud that occurred during...

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was captured in southern Libya Friday, officials of the country's interim government have announced. A fugitive since his father's regime fell last month , the highest-profile son of deceased former dictator Muammar Gaddafi...

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Olivier De Schutter said Friday that the World Trade Organization (WTO) must make food security a top priority at its global...

Prosecutors in the UN-backed Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) filed an immediate appeal on Friday of the court's decision to release Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Thirith [ECCC...

A jailed former Sri Lanka army chief was sentenced on Friday to an additional three years in prison for reportedly implicating his country's defense secretary in war crimes at the end of the 26-year Sri Lankan civil war [CFR...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday denied a request to block the release of names on Washington state petitions for Referendum 71 (R-71) opposing domestic partnerships. Last month, the Washington...