UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on governments to work to improve the human rights conditions of the world's indigenous peoples. The statement, made on the International Day of World's Indigenous People , urged...

Sudanese Guantanamo Bay detainee Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi on Monday reached a plea agreement with the US government setting out the maximum sentence he can receive at his military tribunal...

The Bangladeshi Ministry of Education on Monday banned the use of corporal punishment in all schools across the country. Following a circular order issued by Education Secretary Ataur Rahman, calling the form of...

US military judge Army Colonel Patrick Parrish on Monday ruled that confessions by Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr are admissible evidence in his US military commission trial. Khadr's US military...

The Constitutional Court of Thailand on Monday conducted the first hearing in the electoral fraud trial of the ruling Democrat Party . The case, brought in June by the Election Commission of...

British Petroleum (BP) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced the completion of negotiations over the implementation of a $20 billion fund to aid...

An Iranian court on Sunday sentenced seven Baha'i leaders to 20-year prison terms on charges of espionage. The seven were convicted of espionage , propaganda activities against the Islamic order, the establishment of an illegal administration...

Maldavian Attorney General Husnu Al-Suood resigned Sunday after the People's Maljis failed to approve legislation to make the fledgling democracy's interim Supreme Court permanent. In his resignation letter, Al-Suood accused the...

Amnesty International Australia (AIA) on Monday criticized the Australian government for not taking greater measures to eliminate racial discrimination, violating its obligations under international law. The charges were made in a report to...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu testified Monday that Israel did not violate international law during the May flotilla incident , in which Israeli forces raided several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded...