HUMAN RIGHTS

Children the world over are leaving carrots by the chimney for Santa's reindeer this Christmas, but the real reindeer population, and the Innu people who rely on them, need all the help they can get.

Chen denied he was guilty and allegedly told the court that “Dictatorship will fail, democracy will prevail.

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's guilty verdict and seven-year jail sentence was upheld Friday by a Ukrainian appeals court.

When actors decide to direct, it's often a dicey proposition. Some are naturals (Clint Eastwood) but others turn out films that are unwatchable, self-indulgent hokum (anyone else sit through Nicholas Cage's Sonny in 2002?).

Nigerian officials said they expect oil leaked from a Royal Dutch Shell offshore well to reach the country's shores Thursday. Shell officials suspect half of the estimated 40,000 barrels of oil leaked in the Atlantic this week have already naturally dissipated or evaporated.

Facebook agreed on Wednesday to overhaul privacy protection for more than half a billion users outside North America, after a three-month investigation found that its privacy policies were overly complex and lacked transparency.

Batman star Christian Bale should feel embarrassed for trying to visit a prominent Chinese human rights activist detained in his home in eastern Shandong Province while he promoted his latest film, a government spokesman said Wednesday.

There are many mysterious aspects to the late leader’s death.

The Ethiopian government considers ONLF a terrorist group.

RadarOnline reported via a Star magazine exclusive that the Kardashians' products are made in sweatshops with the use of child labor.

For anyone who follows film, television, publishing and newspapers -- our culture industry -- Robert Levine, the former editor of Billboard and a New York Times alum, has written a must-read book.

Three members of a Ukrainian feminist group have alleged that officials of the Belarussian KGB kidnapped and forced them to strip naked, inside a forest, for staging topless protests against the country's dictatorship.

A 67-year-old man from Las Vegas was charged on Monday with shooting at the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles in a violent outburst that left no one injured, authorities said.

Army deserters killed by Syrian forces in one of the bloodiest massacres of the country's nine-month uprising as Arab League peace observers set to enter the country.

While offering its readers some advice on how to dress like Rihanna, Dutch Magazine Jackie recently called the Barbadian beauty an ultimate n---a b---h. Its Editor in Chief Eva Hoeke has reportedly issued a public apology to the singer on the magazine's Facebook page, calling the article a bad joke.

Reportedly, the first defector from the hermit state arrived in the U.S. in the spring of 2006.

Congo has witnessed bloodshed over the disputed election.

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012 and the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) seem to be two sides of the same coin. Both pieces of legislation are, apparently, aimed at eliminating any kind of attack or even the possibility of an attack on the U.S. government and its corporate allies, a statement made by the government themselves. Essentially, the former is viewed as an anti-terrorist law and the latter an anti-piracy tool.

Hawa is apparently still determined to enroll in college.

The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il from a heart attack over the weekend has prompted an avalanche of reaction from around the globe.

Kim Jong Il, like Muammar Gaddafi , has died at age 69 after decades of tyrannical rule. But as North Korea scrambles to determine the country's future, many more dictators remain in power. From Arab Spring autocrats in Syria and Sudan to the leaders of Ethiopia and Uganda, here are the eight worst dictators still in power today.