The UK Government Equalities Office (GEO) on Monday published a controversial Equality Bill that seeks to eliminate gender, racial, age, and other forms of discrimination. The bill, which was introduced into the House of...

The US Supreme Court Tuesday ruled 5-4 in FCC v. Fox Television Stations that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) did not act arbitrarily and capriciously...

The Canadian Military Police Complaints Commission (MPCC) released a report Monday concluding that three Afghan detainees were not mistreated while in Canadian military police custody in Kandahar in 2006. The probe began following...

The federal trial of a former US soldier accused of raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl in 2006 began Monday. Former US Army Pfc. Steven Green is also charged with killing the...

The US State Department released Monday its commitments and pledges as part of its campaign to gain a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) . All countries attempting to be...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Monday that it would review three new source review rules that regulate emissions from coal power plants. The announcement comes as the EPA has stepped up its...

UK Justice Minister Jack Straw said Monday that his country would still be willing to consider a US request to take in terrorism detainees held by at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, if doing...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Nijhawan v. Holder , the Court will consider whether convictions for mail, bank,...

UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced Monday that the British government will not be establishing a central government database to keep records of phone calls, emails, and Internet activity, instead leaving that job to private...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai told reporters Monday that the controversial Shi'ite personal status law , which limits women's rights, is being amended by the country's Justice Ministry. Monday's statement [Reuters...