The government of Iceland is letting its general population help shape its new constitution through a number of new media formats, including the Constitutional Council website , where new parts of the working draft [text, in...

An official for the International Commission of Inquiry on Friday called for an investigation into current Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and his forces' continuing attacks against supporters of former president Laurent Gbagbo ....

The Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday demanded an explanation of an incident in which Pakistani security forces shot and killed an unarmed man. Several paramilitary soldiers opened fire on an unarmed, 22-year-old man in Benazir...

A federal jury on Thursday convicted Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Chicago resident with Canadian citizenship, on two counts of planning to attack a Copenhagen newspaper, but found him not guilty on charges of helping to plan the 2008 Mumbai...

The Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova condemned Syria for its human rights violations and repression of journalism and free speech. Bokova called for the government to restore...

The Alabama Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The bill contains no exceptions for cases of rape...

The European Commission (EC) officially recommended Croatia for accession to the European Union (EU) and announced on Friday that Croatia will become the 28th member of the EU on July 1,...

The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday urged the US not to seek the death penalty for high-value Guantanamo Bay detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri , accused planning the USS Cole [JURIST...

Croatian authorities on Thursday charged former military commander and senior interior minister Tomislav Mercep for war crimes committed against Serbians during the 1990s conflict in the Balkans. The Municipal Court in...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the US Department of State (DOS) for failing to disclose information about the government's "War on Terror" efforts, even...