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Amnesty International has accused Saudi Arabia of failing to live up to all promises to address the dire human rights ...

A play adaptation of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig`s novella "Letter From an Unknown Woman" will be performed on the ...

Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden applied Tuesday for temporary asylum in Russia, ending three weeks of ...

The Pentagon released Monday the names of Guantanamo Bay`s 46 "indefinite detainees," terror suspects considered too ...

More than 8,000 Kenyans are seeking millions of dollars (pounds/euros) in compensation from former colonial rulers ...

United Nations human rights investigators said on Tuesday they had "reasonable grounds" to believe that limited ...

Hollywood star Steven Seagal spent time on Wednesday with Ramzan Kadyrov, the former militant fighter who now heads ...

The International Labor Organization (ILO) is encouraging the Indonesian government to make an optimum use of ...

Up to 11,200 troops could be needed for a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali but a "parallel" military force will have to ...

The Obama administration on Monday urged both the Palestinians and the Israelis to exercise restraint as tensions were ...

A New Jersey man was arrested on Friday (Jan. 4) for offering to pay $5,000 to the so-called "cannibal cop" to kidnap ...

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police Command has dishonorably discharged 99 of its officers this year for various serious ...

More than 1790 Christian prisoners in the East Nusatenggara province will receive Christmas remission on Tuesday. ...

National deputy police chief (Wakapolri), Commisioner General Police Nanan Sukarna, has asked for a thorough ...

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay has stated that Indonesia has been ...