Laws criminalizing homosexual activity are contributing to the spread of HIV and AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the findings of a study announced Wednesday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) [official...
An Oklahoma district judge issued an injunction Monday morning extending a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a new law that requires women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound and hear...
Backlogs at US immigration courts are up by more than 30 percent in the past 18 months, according to a Syracuse University research center study . The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse study found that the 4,145 cases...
A senior defense lawyer at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) was shot dead outside of his home Tuesday night. Police say Jwani Mwaikusa was killed , along with his...
US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued a new six-month drilling moratorium on Tuesday, citing new evidence regarding safety concerns after the BP oil spill . Unlike the previously ordered moratorium, this...
An Israeli military probe found insufficient intelligence and planning in the May 31 raid on several Turkish ships bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip in a report released Monday , but also concluded that no punishments...
EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger indicated Saturday that the EU will consider limiting the depth of offshore deepwater oil drilling or placing a temporary moratorium on deepwater drilling following the recent BP Deepwater Horizon...
UK Home Secretary Theresa May on Thursday announced interim stop-and-search guidelines for suspected terrorists in response to a January ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) , which found that searches performed...
The Obama administration filed a brief Tuesday asking a federal appeals court to reinstate the offshore drilling ban ordered after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The filing in...
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday that he will create a panel to investigate claims that British government agents were complicit in the torture of terrorism suspects held overseas. The inquiry comes after 12 ex-detainees brought...