HUMAN RIGHTS

She is frequently described in the British press as a “rising star” in the Conservative Party and some believe she might one day become the first Asian Prime Minister of the U.K.

Kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and hundreds of Palestinians will return home Tuesday in an exchange with the Hamas movement that rules Gaza that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a historic deal.

The Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether companies can be liable in this country for international human rights law violations, a case involving allegations that Royal Dutch Shell Plc helped Nigeria violently suppress oil exploration protests in the 1990s.

The White House announced Friday that President Barack Obama will deploy 100 combat-equipped U.S. soldiers to central Africa to assist, train and provide intelligence in the fight against the Lord's Resistance Army.

Actress Hilary Swank is donating her fees for attending a controversial event in Chechnya to charity after criticism from human rights groups.

President Obama is sending 100 troops to Uganda to help hunt down the leaders of the feared and brutal insurgency, the Lord's Resistance Army.

The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday it had suspended non-critical operations at Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp as security forces scoured the region for two Spanish aid workers kidnapped from there a day earlier.

Up to 7,000 prisoners are held in dozens of makeshift detention centres in Libya more than two months after rebel forces toppled Muammar Gaddafi, amid serious allegations and some evidence of torture, the United Nations said on Friday.

Gunfights broke out in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday between dozens of supporters of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi and forces of the new government.

Bashir has been welcomed in the Malawi capital of Lilongwe by government officials in order to attend a trade summit.

Libyan government forces brought more tanks into the city of Sirte Friday to try to break the last pocket of resistance by loyalists of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown.

George Soros says he isn't a financial backer of the Wall Street protests, despite speculation by critics including radio host Rush Limbaugh that the billionaire investor has helped fuel the anti-capitalist movement.

urma, which recently put in place a nominally civilian leadership, has been gradually making some political reforms.

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was found guilty of abuse of power and sentenced to seven years in prison on Tuesday, but her legal troubles are far from over, and the government has now accused her of embezzling $400 million.

Double Oscar winner Hilary Swank said on Thursday that she deeply regrets attending a birthday celebration last week in Chechnya for a leader accused of orchestrating torture and other human rights violations.

Fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi fought a last-ditch battle in an ever shrinking pocket of resistance in the ousted leader's hometown Sirte on Thursday.

Malawi will allow Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir into the country for a regional trade summit starting on Friday and has no plans to arrest him under an International Criminal Court warrant, a senior government official said on Thursday.

A profile of powerful Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas, who have made a name for themselves at home, in the United States and even in Iran.

Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has alleged that a 12-year-old Christian girl was abducted and gang raped for 8 months in Pakistan, and was tortured until she consented to convert to Islam.

Matthew Shepard still remembered 13 years after his death.

Occupy Wall Street has much more in common with a growing European unrest in France and Spain than the Arab Spring and Tahrir Square