The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for Nepal (OHCHR-Nepal) urged the Nepali Maoist party Monday to keep its promises to stop its human rights violations. OHCHR-Nepal alleges that Maoist troops...

A large percentage of US Central Intelligence Agency counterterrorism officers have bought government-reimbursed private insurance plans that cover potential civil judgments and legal expenses associated with charges of criminal wrongdoing, according to Monday's Washington Post....

The trial of Saddam Hussein and six co-defendants on genocide and crimes against humanity charges related to the so-called "Anfal" operation , which led to the killings of as many as 180,000 Kurds in northern...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed three major changes to the rules regulating when companies' oil process facilities must integrate new pollution control equipment. Environmental advocates say the rule changes, put forward...

Chinese prosecutors have charged a police officer with negligent conduct in connection with the death of a suspect that occurred after a 21-hour interrogation, according to state media reports published Monday. The suspect, Tan Gangshan, was arrested on unknown...

Detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison , recently transferred from US to Iraqi control , are allegedly being tortured by prison officials, according to an independent observer who told the UK's Telegraph that screaming was heard...

The Iraqi National Assembly on Sunday postponed debate on proposed federalism legislation that would allow Iraq's 18 provinces to form strong governments with their own security forces. Debate on the bill, supported by Kurdish and Shiite politicians...

US violent and property crime rates in 2005 reached the lowest levels since 1973, the first year such statistics were kept, according to estimations released Sunday by the US Justice Department . The report, Criminal Victimization, 2005 [text;...

Measures for Administering the Release of News and Information in China by Foreign News Agencies, People's Republic of China, September 10, 2006 [giving China's official Xinhua News Agency ultimate rights of approval over the distribution and release of foreign news...

Two Kuwaiti nationals held for four years in the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay , Cuba, are set to be sent home to stand trial, the head of the Kuwaiti Family Committee , a group...