#torture

Israel must free all Palestinians held without charges under so called "administrative detention" orders or give them ...

A remote-controlled bomb targeting a police van killed three passers-by and wounded six other people in Pakistan`s ...

Amnesty International criticized the United States on Wednesday for its use of lethal force, particularly for the ...

Gunmen on a motorcycle have shot dead a senior prison official in Pakistan`s troubled southwestern city of Quetta, ...

A Dutch citizen, Bedrettin Kaya, who allegedly committed a torture against a police brigadier here, will immediately ...

UN and African Union envoy Kofi Annan Tuesday told the UN Security Council he intends to return to Damascus in the ...

The five men accused of plotting the deadly September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States were formally charged ...

Police have shot dead two suspected terrorists at Pondok Aren in the southwestern outskirts of Jakarta. "True, we ...

China has installed a silent alarm system inside every house in a border town as part of its strengthened crackdown on ...

At least 51 militants and four soldiers have been killed in air strikes and clashes with Pakistani security forces in ...

Italy said Wednesday it was closing its embassy in Damascus and repatriating some staff to protest Syria`s ...

Russia and China, who twice blocked UN resolutions to condemn ally Syria, were Monday stepping efforts to find a ...

UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Friday demanded unconditional humanitarian access to Syrian cities, saying there were ...

A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse alleging he was responsible for ...

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International urged China Wednesday not to repatriate North Korean refugees, joining ...