Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on Tuesday signed a bill which mandates that abortion clinic protesters stand no closer than 35 feet from entrances of reproductive health care facilities. The new law , now...

Increasing institutionalization of racist political ideologies and violent expressions of racism seriously threaten democracy and human rights, a United Nations expert told the General Assembly Wednesday. In his report to the General Assembly's Third Committee ,...

A federal jury awarded the father of a fallen Marine almost $11 million in damages Wednesday for harm caused by a Kansas Christian fundamentalist church's protests at his son's funeral. Albert Snyder filed a lawsuit last year...

Some 100 Buddhist monks marched peacefully in a town in central Myanmar Wednesday, marking a resumption of the pro-democratic protests that stopped after September's violent government crackdown. The monks carried no protest signs and shouted no pro-democracy slogans and...

A Bangladesh special tribunal sentenced former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar to 10 years in jail Tuesday for illegal possession of firearms. Babar, who served as home minister until October 2006, was found guilty of illegally possessing two pistols, a...

US State Department security chief Richard Griffin submitted his resignation Wednesday under pressure following September's Blackwater USA shooting of 17 Iraqis, according to AP citing unnamed officials. Griffin is assistant secretary of state...

The French parliament passed a strict immigration bill Tuesday that requires language and cultural knowledge tests, as well as optional DNA testing, for immigrants who want to join their families in France. The bill...

An Iranian court sentenced three university students to prison terms ranging from two to three years for insulting Islam and Islamic clerics, the students' lawyer said Tuesday. Officials arrested the students , Majid Tavakoli, Ahmed Ghassaban and Ehsan...

An Hispanic advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry and Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson , claiming that a recently approved state law limiting government privileges allowed illegal immigrants is unfair to all...

US military forces in Iraq released 60 detainees Wednesday as part of Operation Lion's Paw , an ongoing effort to increase the number of Iraqi detainees released daily to at least 50 during the month of...