British officials will boycott the nation's Euro 2012 quarter-final against Italy in Kiev on Sunday because of concerns over human rights in Ukraine, in particular the continued imprisonment of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Human rights activists as well as the U.N.?s refugee agency have condemned Bangladesh for its refusal to take in Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar.
On Tuesday, Muree bin Ali Issa al-Asiri was beheaded in Saudi Arabia on charges of witchcraft and sorcery.
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar (formerly Burma) said Monday that her nation's citizenship laws underlie the ethnic tensions that have recently boiled over into mass sectarian violence in the western part of the country.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is headed for the sunny beaches of Ipanema, and many Brazilians are less than thrilled.
Monday reports indicate that violence has once again surged in Syria, following the Saturday suspension of the United Nations monitoring mission due to unsafe conditions.
A new report shows that the Ethiopian government, caught up in an ambitious, nationwide agricultural overhaul, is facilitating the mistreatment and forced relocation of small-scale farmers in Omo Valley.
Once reserved for boutique funds catering to religious investors opposed to profiting from weapons, gambling, tobacco or alcoholic beverages, socially responsible investing today has a larger presence, with more assets under management than ever before.
Colombia's Senate approved legislation Thursday that sets up a framework for peace talks with leftist guerrillas, seeking to end nearly five decades of armed conflict between the rebels and the state.
The book ?Founding Myths? was particularly critical of what Garaudy viewed as excessive Jewish influence on U.S. foreign policy.
South Korea and the West are concerned that North Korea is determined to develop nuclear weapons
Many Egyptians are outraged following the Supreme Court's decision to dissolve the lower house of parliament, temporarily transferring power to the Military Council until new elections are held.
Indian media has feasted on scandals in the mining industry in recent years.
?Life,? the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said, ?must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards.?
Though the FIFA World Cup 2022 is still a decade away, it has lately generated increased concerns over Qatar's policies on migrant workers.
This week, leaders from India and the United States will gather in Washington to discuss our expanding cooperation on everything from trade to technology to terrorism. There also will be issues on which we don't see eye to eye, and some of those may dominate the media coverage.
Chinese authorities are stepping up their hunt for illegal firearms as part of a broader effort to combat organized crime and illicit trade.
Not every Haitian immigrant to the United States completes the dangerous journey to get there, but those who do can have a surprising effect on the quality of life upon the island of their birth.
Sectarian violence has flared in western Myanmar (formerly Burma) between Muslims and Buddhists, following the brutal rape and murder of a young woman last month.
Indian border officers have killed almost 1,000 people at the Bangladesh-West Bengal border over the past decade (including both Bangladeshi and Indian nationals).
Opposition groups in Russia published their Manifesto of Free Russia, which demands an end to Putin's 12-year rule.
Muslims, who form a 4 percent minority in Myanmar as a whole, are concentrated in Rakhine and are part of a community called the Rohingya.
