The US Conference of Mayors on Monday passed two resolutions opposing Arizona's immigration law and supporting federal immigration reform at their annual conference in Oklahoma City. Phoenix Mayor Phil...

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday urged European leaders to stop the upcoming deportation of asylum seekers to Iraq because their human rights may be violated in unsafe regions of the country. Authorities in the UK,...

Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako on Thursday published the country's draft constitution , which proposes more balance of power in the government. President Mwai Kibaki , Prime Minister Raila Odinga, and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka...

A UN official on Thursday urged the US and Canada to respect international convention and release Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr into Canadian custody. UN Special Representative for Children and...

European Union police officers on Thursday arrested a suspected war criminal in Kosovo. Sabit Geci is accused of being a former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) , which allegedly tortured prisoners at an...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Thursday announced a new proposal that would allow the agency to regulate broadband Internet access despite a recent court ruling striking down a key part of the proposed FCC National...

German federal prosecutors said Wednesday that they have charged former Red Army Faction (RAF) member Verena Beckman for the 1977 murders of federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and two other men. Beckman was originally arrested...

The Arizona Senate approved a bill on Monday that would establish one of the strictest illegal immigration policies in the nation, requiring individuals suspected of being illegal immigrants to provide proof of their...

Nine Afghan witnesses have claimed that they were held and tortured in a secret US prison at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, according to a BBC report Thursday. The witnesses say that they...

Kyrgyz interim prime minister Azimbek Beknazarov announced Tuesday that the temporary government has suspended the country's highest court until the country creates a permanent government. Beknazarov said that the Constitutional Court will remain temporarily dissolved because...