The Chicago City Council on Friday unanimously approved an ordinance placing new regulations on handgun ownership within the city. Under the new ordinance , citizens possessing handguns must keep them inside their homes. The gun owners...

A federal judge on Thursday ruled that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani is not suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and is therefore fit to stand trial. The issue of Ghailani's psychological state...

An Argentine court on Friday commenced the trial of former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla , who is facing several human rights violations for his role in the nation's "Dirty War" ....

A South African court on Friday convicted former INTERPOL president and South African police chief Jackie Selebi on corruption charges but found him not guilty on charges of obstruction of justice. Selebi...

Amnesty International (AI) on Friday urged the Chinese government to launch an independent investigation into the July 2009 Xinjiang riots , after receiving new testimony contradicting the current official version of events. AI...

Kyrgyzstan's new constitution came into effect on Thursday after election authorities released the final results of Sunday's referendum on the charter . The new constitution will allow the interim government to establish a legitimate...

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on Thursday filed eight Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking information relating to the US government's knowledge of the May Israeli raid on several Turkish ships bound...

The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would increase compensation for injured workers and victims' families that have filed claims against BP as a result of the recent Deepwater Horizon...

Ugandan police announced Friday that a former Rwandan pastor accused of committing genocide and crimes against humanity relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide was taken into custody Wednesday. Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi , indicted...

Joseph Nzirorera , former president of the Rwanda National Assembly and secretary general of the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND), died Thursday following complications from a long illness. Nzirorera was arrested by the...