Thousands of consumers from some of the largest countries around the world are demanding a higher level of responsibility from companies in dealing with societal issues and consumers are using their own spending and loyalty to push these issues, according to a new report.
Fred Shuttlesworth, a prominent civil rights leader who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy, died in Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday. He was 89.
Zimbabwe's economy will grow at a slower pace in 2012 than this year as politics puts a drag on full recovery and inflation should stay in single figures, partly due to prudent fiscal policy, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Wednesday.
Wikipedia has disabled its Italian website in protest against a privacy law drafted by Silvio Berlusconi's government which would impose new restrictions on newspapers and Internet pages and curb police wiretaps.
Representatives of the Dalai Lama, who is based in northern India, began the visa application process in June.
Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution Tuesday that threatened sanctions against Syria if it didn't stop military crackdown against civilians who oppose President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
An American mother and her son were two of four people shot to death in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Tuesday.
On Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee joined the fight for user privacy on Facebook. Earlier last month, the Federal Trade Commission was urged by House members Ed Markey and Joe Barton to move forward with investigating the social media company for violating user privacy with browser cookies.
A Red Cross convoy carrying aid to relieve a humanitarian crisis in Libya's besieged city of Sirte had to turn back on Monday because Libyan interim government forces unleashed a barrage of fire.
After his first meeting ever with the Mother Monster herself last week, President Obama said Lady Gaga is intimidating during a speech at a LGBT advocacy gala.
Iran said on Saturday that Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani was sentenced to death for rape, not for the crime of abandoning Islam.
Troy Davis' story caught the attention of thousands around the world, and his funeral service drew 1,000 to the Jonesville Baptist Church in Savannah, Ga., on Saturday.
The imminent execution of an Iranian pastor, Youcef Nadarkhani, for the crime of apostasy (converting from Islam to Christianity) has prompted the wave of outrage and concern around the globe:
Vancouver's Insite clinic, the only such safe-injection site for drug addicts in North America, can stay open, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday in a landmark defeat for the federal government.
The Obama administration Thursday condemned the conviction of Iranian pastor, Youcef Nadarkhani, who is facing execution in Tehran for refusing to convert to Islam from Christianity.
As concerns and controversies culminate over Facebook’s privacy breach, two House members are asking the Federal Trade Commission to examine the social networking site’s practice of tracking browser cookies. Will Facebook survive this?
The fate of Christian pastor Yucef Nadarkhani hangs in the balance, with Iranian Supreme Court endorsing his death penalty on apostasy charges and giving him an ultimatum to recant his faith, failing which he will be hanged. Some Web sites have published articles that give a colorful account of his life, struggles with the Iranian establishment, the events leading up to his arrest in 2009 and the death sentence that looms over him now.
Christian pastor Yucef Nadarkhani, who is facing execution in Iran on apostasy charges, could be put to death any time as he has refused to recant his Christian faith in court three times so far this week.
This year's Nobel Peace Prize -- to be announced in a week -- will be as interesting as the ones awarded to Barack Obama and Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee told Reuters Thursday.
As several U.S. states fight to enact stricter immigration laws, several sources have reported a shocking practice that has occurred in more than one state: shackling pregnant women to their hospital bed during childbirth.
After his fourth chance to repent and convert to Islam, Iranian Pastor Youcel Nadarkhani could face the death penalty this week.
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who led a 400-person congregation in Rasht just a few years ago, was arrested on apostasy charges in 2009. He was found guilty of the crime of abandoning Islam and sentenced to death a year later.
