HUMAN RIGHTS

Ugandan gay activist Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera has received the prestigious Martin Ennals rights award.

Osama bin Laden was unarmed when US commandoes stormed his compound in northern Pakistan and shot him to death on Sunday, according to new details provided by the U.S government.

Amidst reports that Osama bin Laden was located and killed with the assistance of intelligence gather from detainees at Guantanamo Bay – some of whom were allegedly tortured via waterboarding, among other techniques – a debate is raging over the usefulness of torture.

Renaissance Hotels kicked off an early salute to Pride season benefiting True Colors Fund with an exclusive event featuring an appearance by Cyndi Lauper and a performance by the cast of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

The Syrian army has seized control of the Omari mosque in the southern city of Deraa, the focal point of anti-government protests that have roiled the country for the past six weeks.

The beatification ceremony of the late Pope John Paul II in the Vatican will have at least one very unusual guest – Robert Mugabe, the murderous dictator of Zimbabwe.

Libyan rebels have rejected a proposal by Moammar Gaddafi to call for a ceasefire in exchange for an end to NATO military strikes.

The Syrian government has deployed troops on the streets of the capital Damascus with tear gas to stamp out yet another round of anti-regime protests, according to reports.

More high profile defections from the Baath Party over the last two days have weakened Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad even as the world is keenly watching how the opposition’s planned ‘day of rage’ will unfold today.

A military court in Bahrain has imposed the death sentence of four Shia Muslim protesters who were implicated in the deaths of two police officers during anti-government demonstrations last month, according to state-controlled media.

A team of investigations from the United Nations have arrived in Tripoli, Libya to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in the strife-torn country since the civil war erupted over two months ago, according to reports.

The government of Bahrain has ordered the expulsion of senior Iranian diplomat over his alleged connections to a Kuwaiti spy ring, according to state-controlled media.

As the death toll mounts in Syria amidst an increasingly brutal crackdown against anti-government protesters, the call for imposing sanctions on the country are rising in the west.

The United States said it may impose sanctions against Syria in response to the brutal crackdown against protesters by the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian army tanks have reportedly rolled into the southern city of Deraa as the regime of President Bashar al-Assad seems committed to intensifying its crackdown on anti-government protests, following a bloody weekend of killings by state security forces.

International Business Times spoke to Dilshod Achilov, a professor of political science at East Tennessee State University, in Johnson City, Tenn., to discuss Turkey’s evolving role in the Middle East, how it is handling the revolutions in the Arab world and its chances for accession into the EU.

Two Syrian lawmakers have resigned in protest over the government’s brutal crackdown on protesters, according to reports.

Human rights groups have demanded that the government of Bahrain put a stop to committing human rights violations against protestors and halt the practice of detaining patients and doctors suspected of either having participating in protests or being sympathetic with them.

The U.S. military has confirmed that one of its unmanned Predator drone aircraft has struck its first target in Libya in support of the NATO-led campaign, but did not provide any other significant details.

Political leaders around the world have condemned the spiraling violence in Syria.

Protests in Syria against the autocratic rule of the Assad regime took a grave turn on Friday as security forces killed over 75 people to control the mass uprising.