HUMAN RIGHTS

Half of Afghan’s female inmate population have been convicted of “zina” or crimes deemed to be in breach of morality.

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll found that 60 percent of respondents -- a group that included both self-identified Democrats and Republicans -- say the federal government should have a hand in reducing income inequality in the U.S.

Russia attacked Tuesday's International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran's nuclear program, saying that it would not allow the United Nations to impose any punitive measures on the Islamic republic.

Political manipulation of Congo's security forces has brought crackdowns on opposition parties and may lead to bloodshed in this month's election, the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday.

Ai Weiwei, a Chinese artist who was detained in April this year for alleged tax evasion, is in a dilemma - if he should pay the tax amount or fight the charge against him and face detention again.

Israeli defense Web sites shut down on Sunday, but the government claims that hacker collective Anonymous had nothing to do with the system failure.

A retired right-wing general promising a crackdown on violent crime won Guatemala's presidential election Sunday and will be the first military man to take power since democracy was restored in 1986.

Hilary Swank's publicity firm fired the actress after she made headlines for receiving money from Chechen autocrat Ramzan Kadyrov to attend his birthday party on Oct. 5, Entertainment Weekly reported Friday.

Following a day of major political clashes leading to the death of seven people, the Syrian government has called on insurgents to turn themselves in within a week to receive amnesty.

Libya's new interim prime minister, Abdurrahim el-Keib was a professor of electrical engineering and an entrepreneur who had to live in exile for 10 years because of pressure from the late Moammar Gadhafi's regime over his political views.

Although a strenuous debate led the Obama administration to tighten requirements for striking suspected militants with unmanned drones, the Central Intelligence Agency retains broad authority to carry out such strikes, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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The fallout from Hilary Swank's birthday visit to Chechen president and alleged human rights abuser Ramzan Kadyrov continues.

The Supreme Court of Canada blocked on Thursday the extradition to the United States of Abdullah Khadr, a Canadian wanted by Washington on terrorist charges

Police failed to lift road blockades stopping fuel and food reaching Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold's mining operations in Indonesia's Papua region, after clashes with striking miners and local tribesmen on Friday.

Chinese mining companies in Zambia, Africa's biggest copper producer, are routinely flouting laws designed to protect workers' safety and the right to organise, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.

The United States agreed to a compromise allowing Zimbabwe to export diamonds that human rights groups say are tainted by abuses, to prevent the paralysis of the global system for stopping trade in blood diamonds, the State Department said on Wednesday.

The International Criminal Court is still receiving information that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam may try to flee Libya with the help of mercenaries, the court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday.

Abuse of Zambian workers is widespread in mines owned by Chinese companies, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch.

A new report from Essex County reveals instructors urging LGBT students targeted by bullies to combat the abuse by acting less gay. Information packets and conferences are being put in place to educate new instructors, but activists say victim-blaming, not ignorance, is the motivating factor behind the teachers' shocking advice.

He added that Europeans who donate money to PKK share in the responsibility for the killings of innocent civilians.