Iran's deputy ambassador to the UN, Eshagh al-Habib, on Thursday denied allegations in a recent UN report that human rights violations in Iran are on the rise . Al-Habib criticized the report for being poorly sourced, non-neutral and...

Libyan opposition forces on Thursday captured and killed former leader Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte, Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril confirmed at a press conference. Military forces loyal to the...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday requested that the Republic of Malawi explain why that country's authorities failed to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during his widely reported visit there for...

Citigroup Inc. on Wednesday announced a $285 million settlement to resolve charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that a subsidiary of the global financial services firm defrauded investors...

The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said Wednesday that he will not appeal the court's decision to proceed with a single trial for former Serbian general and alleged war criminal...

An Oklahoma state court judge on Wednesday issued a temporary injunction against a new Oklahoma law that restricts how doctors may use abortion-inducing drugs to treat patients. Judge Daniel Owens of the...

Governments should ban solitary confinement for juveniles and prisoners with mental disabilities, a UN torture expert said Tuesday in a report to the UN General Assembly . UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez ...

The European Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on Friday sentenced a former ethnic Albanian rebel fighter to five years in prison for crimes committed against civilians during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo [BBC...

The Supreme Court of Venezuela ruled Monday that presidential hopeful Leopoldo Lopez remains banned from running in next year's elections. Lopez, an opposition leader, is considered to be a threat ...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Tuesday that 396,906 illegal immigrants were deported in 2011 , the largest number in the agencies' history. The report indicated that...