US National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley refused to rule out the possibility that torture would be used to prevent a future terrorist attack, during an appearance Sunday on CNN's Late Edition, but maintained that the...

The UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) , in its second bi-monthly human rights report covering the period from September 1 to October 31, on Monday warned of human rights violations in Iraq ...

Two Bangladeshi judges were killed on Monday after a man threw a bomb at their car while the judges were on their way to the Jhalakathi district court, 155 miles south of Dhaka. Police said a young man has...

The French Cabinet Monday approved an extension to emergency powers authorized earlier this month in order to help quell riots that started on October 27. Parliament is expected to approve the...

Both the number of people sentenced to death and the number executed declined in 2004, according to US Justice Department statistics released Sunday. According to the report, in 2004 a dozen states executed 59...

CIA interrogators tried to cover up the death of a man who died while being questioned at Abu Ghraib prison, according to a TIME magazine report published Sunday. The death of Manadel al-Jamadi [Wikipedia...

President Bush is set to sign a bill this week providing for US military assistance to Nepal if its government "has restored civil liberties, is protecting human rights, and has demonstrated, through dialogue with Nepal's...

Lawyers for former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic are urging another postponement in his trial for war crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , which has now spanned...

Four people were killed Saturday in continued violence over proposed changes to the Kenyan constitution as police tried to break up an anti-constitution rally in Mombassa, where President Mwai Kibaki , a...

Despite curfews and added security measures French youths continued to riot in the streets Saturday night. Central Paris was calm, but for the first time since rioting by disaffected Arab and African immigrant youth began 17 nights...