The UN Security Council on Sunday demanded the immediate release of a group of four staff members from the International Criminal Court (ICC) detained in Libya earlier this month. The Security Council noted...
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The UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) suspended its mission to supervise the implementation of a peace plan in the country on Saturday. Major General Robert Mood, head of the UNSMIS mission, blamed the group's exit from...
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Friday filed notice with the Cook County Circuit Court stating that her office will present arguments in support of two lawsuits filed in opposition of the state's same-sex marriage...
Amnesty International (AI) on Sunday demanded that China immediately release protesters who have been imprisoned since the self-immolation of two Tibetan men in Lhasa late last month. According to Tibetan activists, China has...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colombia ruled Thursday that the final volume in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) history of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) to amend a new law that protects people who committed crimes during last year's Libya conflict . The new...
Armenian opposition group the Armenian National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday alleged fraud in the country's recent parliamentary elections. The ANC called for the election results to be thrown out because of widespread fraud, including paying...
Voters in North Carolina on Tuesday passed a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage . The amendment reads that "marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be...
Bahraini authorities on Monday arrested prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, according to the country's Interior Ministry . According to his lawyer, Rajab was arrested for messages he posted on Twitter criticizing...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) to immediately revoke a new law that criminalizes criticism of the Libya conflict and prohibits glorification of former...
