HUMAN RIGHTS

When it comes to matters of war, and who has the authority to start them, the U.S. President is becoming an “absolute monarch,” a House Democrat said Friday.

In the measure, 70 Democrats joined 225 Republicans to resoundingly defeated the bill. The GOP contends President Barack Obama has violated the War Powers Act by deploying forces for the Libyan campaign; Democrats contend the GOP is playing politics with national security.

Ai Weiwei, arrested last April on charges of tax evasion, was released Wednesday on bail.

Despite criticisms during his first term, the South Korean was unanimously voted in for a second time.

Singapore, like much of Southeast Asia, has very draconian laws, particularly with respect to drug trafficking – for which, a conviction often leads to the death penalty.

With New York at the center of same-sex marriage debate, you may want to cool down and consider whether the new social norm proposed here is merely an issue of personal choice.

President Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide and war crimes. He will be hosted in Beijing for three days next week.

Singer and comedian Weird Al Yankovic recently released his music video to Perform This Way, Yankovic's parody of Lady Gaga's hit song Born This Way.

A U.S.-flagged boat is planning to break the blockade enforced around Gaza by the Israeli navy.

Saudi women activists, bloggers and academicians on Monday dashed off a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday seeking her support for their 'right to drive' in the country.

The British Foreign Secretary William Hague has issued an ultimatum on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad: make democratic reforms or step down from power.

The United Nations passed a resolution today condemning discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, marking the first time the organization has explicitly recognized that form of repression.

New York is one vote away from a big change in its political landscape--becoming the largest state that legalizes same-sex marriage.

Amnesty International issued a statement yesterday, calling on Saudi authorities to stop treating women as second-class citizens and open the Kingdom's roads to women drivers.

The United Nations and European Union are working to push Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to halt violence.

Human rights activists are pleading with the British government to postpone or cancel the planned deportation of 20 Tamils back to their native country of Sri Lanka on fears that they will be imprisoned and tortured there.

On June 15, the State Assembly passed a gay marriage bill by an 80-63 vote.The passage of the bill marks the fourth time in two years, and same-sex marriage is now just one vote away from legalization in New York. The same day, former Giants receiver David Tyree voiced his warning for same-sex marriage bill leading to anarchy.

Pyongyang demanded today that Seoul repatriate nine North Korean nationals who defected to the South last weekend, according to Yonhap News Agency.

Egyptian military rulers told human rights groups that military courts have sentenced some 7,000 civilians since former President Hosni Mubarak's ouster in February.

These 5 countries were rated the most dangerous in the world for women by a TrustLaw survey of 213 gender experts from 5 continents.

Some parts of this world are utterly dangerous to be born female. According to a poll, Afghanistan, Congo and Pakistan are the world's most dangerous countries for women, followed by India and Somalia.