The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in two cases. In Iraq v. Beaty and Iraq v. Simon, the Court will consider...

As appeals court in Senegal on Monday ordered the release of nine members of AIDS awareness group AIDES Senegal who had been convicted of sodomy and sentenced to eight years in prison in January. Having been officially charged with...

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in three cases. In Bloate v. United States the Court will consider whether time granted to prepare pretrial motions is...

Iran's judiciary on Monday ordered fair appellate proceedings for a US journalist convicted this week of espionage and sentenced to eight years in prison. Iran's top judge Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi said the appeal [BBC...

Palestinian Hamas authorities should end the systematic detention, torture, and execution of supporters of Israel and the rival Fatah party , according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy...

The UN Durban Review Conference on racism began on Monday with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressing concerns over the decision by the US and several other countries to boycott...

A witness in the trial of former Khmer Rogue leader Kaing Guek Eav , also known as "Duch," testified Monday about his uncle's execution by Kaing and other crimes committed at the prison...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday issued an order to prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi to recognize the legal rights of detained journalists Roxana Saberi and Hossein Derakhshan , according to a report...

French police arrested Jurdan Martitegi Lizaso , the alleged leader of Spain's Basque separatist group ETA , and two others during Saturday raids in which Spanish police also arrested six other...

US President Barack Obama is in violation of international law for declining to prosecute Bush-era CIA agents who allegedly used torture , UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak said in an...