Human Rights Report 1 April - 30 June 2007, UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, October 11, 2007 [finding that the US employment of private contractors to provide security in high-tension areas impermissiably blurs the distinction between civilians and military combatants...

Corruption in China's ruling Communist Party could ultimately result in political and economic destabilization within the country , according to a new report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ....

The number of extrajudicial killings in Colombia at the hands of the Colombian military has almost doubled since 1997, according to a new report by a international conglomerate of human rights workers....

President Abdullah Gul of Turkey blasted the US House Foreign Relations Committee Thursday for approving a resolution declaring the World War I-era killings of over one million Armenians by Turkish soldiers [ANI backgrounder; Turkish DC Embassy...

Spain's National Court will announce verdicts and sentences for the 28 defendants in the 2004 Madrid train bombing case on October 31, a court spokesperson said Wednesday. The 28 defendants , mostly of...

Former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has hired an attorney as the DOJ and the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) continue their investigations into allegations that Gonzales may have perjured himself [JURIST...

The US government should investigate and, if necessary, prosecute private contractors for killing Iraqis without cause, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) said in a report released Thursday. The UNAMI report warns the US that employing...

A federal judge on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order sought by two environmental advocacy groups to enjoin the Bureau of Land Management from building a 1.5 mile US-Mexico border fence over the San Pedro river until an appropriate...

Illinois pharmacists who morally object to dispensing Plan B, the "morning-after" pill, will be permitted to refuse to fill prescriptions for the drug but must work with another pharmacist by phone to dispense the contraceptive, under a settlement submitted...

The US House Judiciary and Intelligence committees on Wednesday voted to advance the RESTORE Act of 2007 ("Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed and Effective Act of 2007") , introduced by House...