A UK plan that would return children who arrive in the country without a guardian to Afghanistan is being heavily criticized by human rights organizations and refugee advocacy groups. The UK plan calls for the building of a "reintegration...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday reiterated the importance of an international component in the investigation into the May 31 Israeli raid on several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip ....

World peace has declined over the past year due to a global increase in homicides and violent crime, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI) published Tuesday. The GPI measures countries' relative peacefulness on a rubric of...

The state prosecutor of Bosnia and Herzegovina indicted three Serbian men for crimes against humanity for their roles in an attack on the town of Cajnice during the Bosnian civil war . Milutin Kornjaca, Milorad...

The Bangkok Central Criminal Court granted bail to two anti-government protest leaders on Tuesday, as the Thai government extended the country's state of emergency. Jatuporn Prompan and Karun Hongsakul face charges of terrorism , instigating violence, and...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order temporarily blocking the state of Arizona from releasing campaign subsidies to publicly funded candidates under the state's campaign finance reform law [Title 16,...

UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne announced Tuesday that the government will increase inspection of North Sea oil rigs and monitoring of offshore compliance and safety standards in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill ...

The head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) , Carlos Castresana, resigned Monday, citing the country's failure to adequately cooperate in the fight against corruption. Castresana expressed his frustration with the process, indicating...

The Taipei District Court on Tuesday found former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian not guilty of embezzling USD $330,000. Chen was indicted in September for allegedly using funds received...

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Tuesday transferred the cases of 25 suspects in the 1994 Rwandan conflict to Rwandan authorities. The suspects, who have been investigated but...