HUMAN RIGHTS

President Nicolás Maduro, lashing out over U.S. sanctions, announced a committee to investigate U.S. war crimes abroad and civil rights violations at home.

Female candidates for the Indonesian National Police force are required to undergo virginity tests before they can become recruits.

The "Hunger Games" star was a victim of a nude photo leak in August and September, and had called the hack “a sex crime” at the time.

North Korea, shaken by a damning U.N. report on its human rights abuses, is employing Cuban diplomatic proxies to try and quash charges.

Testimonies and data from human rights organizations point to many leaders likely to be indicted for atrocities, IBTimes has learned.

Touch ID fingerprints are like DNA, a judge ruled, meaning police can take them without consent.

Iran's leader is seen as a moderate, but has presided over more executions so far in 2014 than in the same period last year.

China is seen as North Korea's principal backer at the UN, but its backing is far from assured, according to a leading UN investigator.

A group of friends came up with the idea for Anonabox over beer and tacos.

The document from the synod of bishops states: “Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community.”

The report, which accuses Xi Jinping of practicing an authoritarian model, pressed for compliance with international human rights standards.

Amid rumors Facebook may delve into health care, privacy experts express concern about sharing medical data.

Many civilians have reportedly been killed in the U.S.-led airstrikes in northern Syria and Iraq.

Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat in 2002 when riots broke out between majority Hindus and minority Muslim minority community.

Most companies manufacturing the tools for torture are state-owned, and advertise themselves online and in trade shows, according to a report.

The U.S., along with some of its Arab allies, began bombing the stronghold of the Islamic State group in Syria early Tuesday morning.

Egypt, Indonesia and several other countries demanded Google user information for the first time in 2014.

Privacy is considered to be a key issue for Apple, which recently launched a mobile payment system called Apple Pay.

As the "Internet of cars" emerges, so too do questions of privacy that face other mobile technologies.

Privacy regulators examining 1,211 apps found that many don't explain why they gather so much personal information.

Fifty-two youths were arrested for demonstrating against the government and were kept in Alexandria’s Koum El Dekka prison.