Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has boarded a plane bound for the United States, closing a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested US-China relations....
The Israeli human rights group B'tselem has released a video showing Israeli settlers shooting at Palestinians in the West Bank. Residents of Yitzhar and the...
Is the death penalty ever justified? As the world turns away from capital punishment, a select group of countries continue to execute at alarming rates....
How widespread is the use of anti-Islamic material in the US military? Ibrahim Hooper, CAIR's national communications director; Morris Davis, a retired Air Force Colonel;...
The Socialist Party's Francois Hollande, was to be sworn in as France's president before naming a prime minister and dashing to Germany to battle with...
Somali soldiers brought to Uganda for extra training are heading back to their country to fight the armed group al-Shabab. Hundreds are being trained as...
The Lebanese army has strengthened its numbers in the northern city of Tripoli, after fighting there between fighters loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and...
The Santals, an indigenous group in Bangladesh, say the government is stealing their land. Authorities say the land will be used for development, but the...
