New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a brief with the US Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . DOMA denies federal recognition of...

A Kenyan court on Wednesday lifted the ban on a group that campaigns for the independence of a coastal strip surrounding the city of Mombasa. The three judges for the country's High Court held that...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday agreed to rehear a case challenging a California law requiring police to conduct buccal mouth swabs to extract DNA samples from any...

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday accused government forces and rebels in Syria of summarily capturing and killing opposition forces in violation of international humanitarian law. The AI report came after 19 bodies...

The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the right not to hold political opinions should be protected in the same manner as the right to affirmatively hold a political, religious or other belief....

Massachusetts officials on Tuesday filed two documents in the US Supreme Court challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . Attorney General Martha Coakley argued in her brief that Section 3 of...

A Sudanese court on Wednesday charged two men with terrorism in connection with anti-government protests last month. The two men, including one US resident, were charged with forming a terrorist organization after police allegedly found materials calling...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday announced that the country would withdraw from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) . In a statement during a military ceremony, Chavez announced the...

The Scottish government announced Wednesday that it plans to bring forward a draft bill that will recognize same-sex marriages with the same legal rights belonging to married heterosexual couples in the country. The measures are expected to...

JPMorgan Chase on Tuesday agreed to a $100 million settlement in a case alleging that the company increased monthly minimum payments for credit card holders from 2 percent to 5 percent in 2008 and...