Egyptian prosecutors charged 20 Al Jazeera journalists on Wednesday for joining or conspiring with a terrorist group and broadcasting false images. The journalists are accused of altering and broadcasting video footage of false...

Paulino Winawilla Unago, the minister of justice in South Sudan announced that a group of political leaders, including former Vice President Riek Machar , could face treason charges for their role in an alleged coup in...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday denied petitions for panel and en banc rehearing of its decision upholding California's law prohibiting licensed therapists from utilizing sexual orientation change...

The US State Department , Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) joined Tuesday to condemn the Cuban government's detentions of dissidents to keep them away from a Havana summit of hemispheric leaders. According to...

US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that 2014 should be the year to close the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as the US shifts away from a "permanent war footing." Obama first pledged to close the detention...

UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, on Monday praised Rwandan authorities' accomplishments in developing infrastructure and ensuring stability and security since the nation's 1994 genocide . The...

The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution which extends the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) and imposes travel bans and asset freezes on those...

The US Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday evening staying the execution of Missouri death row inmate Herbert Smulls. Smulls, who was convicted and sentenced to death for killing a jewelry store owner and...

The Verkhovna Rada , the Parliament of Ukraine continued an extraordinary session Wednesday to discuss amnesty for protesters arrested during the weeks of unrest that have gripped the nation. One of the amnesty proposals being considered...

The Indiana House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a proposed state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. In a 57-40 vote , the Indiana House moved the joint resolution, which had been on the rolls since 2004,...