An elderly New York woman petitioned the US Supreme Court on Monday to hear her challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . Edith Schlain Windsor, 83, successfully sued the US government [complaint,...

Romanian interim president Crin Antonescu signed a law Monday requiring that at least 50 percent of the electorate turn out for the July 29 national referendum to decide whether suspended president Traian Basescu [official website,...

The next hearing for alleged 9/11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four codefendants was postponed on Monday to avoid a conflict with the last 10 days of Ramadan. The chief judge of the Guantanamo...

Tens of thousands of protestors rallied in Tokyo on Monday as Japan moves to restart the country's nuclear reactors that were shut down following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster last year. The peaceful antinuclear demonstration in Yoyogi...

More than 40 prominent American Jewish leaders and scholars sent an appeal letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , it was reported Monday, urging Netanyahu to reject a recent report advocating legitimizing Israeli settlements in...

Twenty-four Palestinians detainees were permitted family visits at their Israeli jails on Monday as the result of a deal between Israeli authorities and hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners. Forty Gazans visited their relatives at Ramon prison for the first time since...

Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner on Saturday announced that the federal government will allow Florida access to a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) immigration database to challenge individuals' voting rights if the state...

A lesbian couple filed suit in the US District Court for the Central District of California on Thursday seeking to achieve for gay and lesbian couples the same immigration rights afforded to heterosexual couples. Philippine immigrant Jane...

Several natives of the US territory American Samoa on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, DC, arguing that those born in American Samoa should be granted automatic US citizenship. The lawsuit challenges federal laws ...

Chile enacted an anti-discrimination law Thursday following the March beating death of a young gay man in a Santiago park. The hate crime bill , which had been tied up in Congress for seven years after being...