A group of experts presented an interim report to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the situation in Darfur Monday, citing continued human rights violations. The report noted that the government of Sudan demonstrated...

Taiwanese prosecutors Friday indicted Vice President Annette Lu and two other leading members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on charges of corruption and forgery. Lu, DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun, and former foreign minister...

The Dutch government will not hold a general referendum on the proposed EU Reform Treaty , Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said Friday. Balkenende said the referendum was unnecessary because the new EU treaty...

Federal investigators are probing allegations of fraud and corruption related to $6 billion in military contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon official testifying before the House Armed Services Committee Thursday. At the hearing [recorded...

The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Monday announced the creation of a $1.25 million fund to settle 32 lawsuits alleging abuse or injury by priests. Even though Pennsylvania's statute of limitations barred many victims from filing personal injury...

China has increased its efforts to stop illegal land transfers and punish government officials responsible for illegal land title transfers, an official from the Law Enforcement and Supervision Bureau under the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources ...

Central African Republic (CAR) government forces are responsible for hundreds of unlawful killings and the burning of thousands of civilian homes since mid-2005 in their counterinsurgency campaign, according to a new report ...

The United Nations Security Council has extended the mandate for International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte until December 31, the war crimes tribunal announced Friday. Del Ponte,...

The White House submitted a new Benchmark Assessment Report on Iraq to Congress Friday, noting that little progress had been made by the Iraqi government toward accomplishing 18 "benchmarks" thought to be essential to Iraq's stability. The...

Zhao Yan , a New York Times researcher who was sentenced to three years in prison for fraud in August 2006, is to be released on Saturday, according to Chinese prison officials. A Chinese court...