The number of executions that took place in the US in 2010 was down 12 percent from 2009, according to the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) annual report released Tuesday. There were...

Belarusian police arrested hundreds of demonstrators on Monday, including seven of the nine presidential candidates, who were protesting the results of Sunday's presidential election . The official results, announced Monday, declared incumbent Alexander Lukashenko [BBC profile,...

The FBI's preliminary annual crime statistics for 2010, released on Monday, show a decrease in violent crime for the fourth year in a row. According to the Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report of 2010 , the number...

The Sri Lankan Ministry of External Affairs announced Saturday that a UN war crimes panel will be allowed to visit the island to look into alleged war crimes in the final stages of the conflict...

Ukrainian prosecutors on Monday filed criminal charges against opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko for allegedly misappropriating state funds during her time in office from 2007-2010. Tymoshenko, whose...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Friday dropped a lawsuit challenging the US government's Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) licensing scheme after the government changed...

A UK High Court ruled Friday that a temporary immigration cap on skilled workers cannot stand because it was passed without sufficient parliamentary review. The court held that Home Secretary Theresa May attempted to sidestep Parliament [BBC...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday upheld a lower court's ruling invalidating the ban on the military recruitment of minors passed by two Northern California cities. In 2008, voters in...

The US Senate voted 65-31 Saturday to repeal the military's controversial "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT) , which prohibits openly gay men and women from serving in...

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard filed a lawsuit against Bank of America (BOA) on Friday for misleading customers in mortgage modification and foreclosure practices. Specifically, the complaint alleges that BOA violated...