A Zimbabwean court on Monday granted bail to human rights activist Farai Maguwu, who was being held for allegedly supplying false information about Zimbabwe's controversial diamond mining practices to the international diamond control body the Kimberley Process (KP) [official...

US Attorney General Eric Holder said during an interview Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation that no final decision has been reached as to whether accused 9/11 conspirators, such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST...

More than 1,000 protesters marched through the streets of Toronto on Saturday to demand transparent public inquiries into police action in connection with last month's Group of 20 (G-20) summit . Nearly 1,000 arrests were made before and...

The Cuban government on Saturday freed the first of 52 political prisoners who will be released as part of an agreement with the Roman Catholic Church , which was brokered by Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel...

British Prime Minister David Cameron and UN Chief War Crimes Prosecutor Serge Brammertz marked the Fifteenth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre , by reaffirming their commitment to bringing those responsible for the deaths...

EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger indicated Saturday that the EU will consider limiting the depth of offshore deepwater oil drilling or placing a temporary moratorium on deepwater drilling following the recent BP Deepwater Horizon...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on the Sri Lankan government to improve conditions around the body's offices in Columbo, following several days of protests by pro-government demonstrators. The protesters have been...

The Kyrgyzstan government announced Friday that it has opened more than 1,000 criminal cases stemming from recent ethnic rioting in the country . Regional officials in Osh, an area in the south of Kyrgyzstan, announced that 106 individuals...

The Ontario Provincial Police on Thursday announced hate crimes charges against a Bangladeshi-born Canadian man after he posted comments on a website calling for the extermination of Jewish people. Salman Hossain was charged with three...

Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin announced Friday that he is launching an investigation into the enactment of a local regulation that broadened the scope of police search and seizure powers in certain...