Iraqi military spokesperson Major General Qassim Atta said Monday that he is seeking the closure of the Bagdad offices of newspaper Al-Hayat and television network Al-Sharquiya after the two media outlets allegedly misquoted him in a...

The government of China on Monday issued its first national plan aimed at protecting human rights. The Information Office of the State Council published the National Human Rights Action Plan of China, which sets...

The Zimbabwean House Speaker announced Sunday the formation of a committee to draft a new constitution. The drafting of a new constitution was part of the power sharing agreement signed last September by President Robert Mugabe [BBC...

Bolivian President Evo Morales vowed Sunday to continue a hunger strike until the Bolivian National Congress approves the final details of a new election law . Morales declared...

Moldova's Constitutional Court on Sunday ordered the nation's Central Election Commission to conduct a recount of last week's controversial parliamentary election. The ruling Communist party won nearly 50 percent of the vote , leaving them only...

The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the Sunday killing of Sitara Achakzai, a women's rights advocate in Afghanistan and a member of Kandahar's provincial assembly. Achakzai, who had returned to Afghanistan to pursue...

Chinese police have begun an investigation into the Saturday death of another prisoner in the country's jails, state news service Xinhua reported Saturday. It was the second death to occur in the facility this year, and comes after...

A "legal framework" is needed to enforce existing international laws against piracy , Adm. Thad Allen , Commandant of the US Coast Guard , said in an interview on ABC's "This...

Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Saturday instituted a state of emergency in Bangkok and several provinces and cancelled an ongoing summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders in the...

Mohammad Asif Mohseni, a key Shi'ite cleric in Afghanistan, defended a controversial law Saturday that critics say limits women's rights in the country. The measure, called the Shi'ite Personal Status Law , was signed into law [JURIST...