HUMAN RIGHTS

Texas inmate Mark Stroman was executed on Wednesday night for hate crimes, making him the seventh person to be executed in the state this year.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has advised India to take a more assertive role in Asia.

Update on the Ratko Mladic war crimes trail in The Hague.

The 'Gang of Six' Senators may hold the power to save the U.S. from default.

The U.S. Government borrowing authority ends on August 2. A failure by Democrats and Republicans to reach a deal on the debt ceiling could result in an event most economists for decades thought was unfathomable -- a default by the largest and most technologically advanced economy in the world.

In a presidential campaign likely to be a referendum on President Barack Obama's economic management, GOP hopeful Michele Bachmann's gay rights views -- and the seemingly regular fallout they generate -- could make or break her 2012 presidential push.

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.,'s position on gay rights is playing an increasingly central role in her campaign, with Politico reporting that gay rights activists are focusing their energy on Bachmann as a foil for the gay rights movement.

Mandela has been receiving a lot positive messages and best wishes from all over the world. But his birthday is inspiring an international day of community service.

A German human rights group has withdrawn a prize issued to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after a wave of criticism and condemnation.

U.S. President Barack Obama has defied and angered by meeting privately with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.

The protests of the Syrian civilians against President Bashar Assad is facing more brutal side. With the inclination of more protesters on the streets, the Syrian security forces opened fired on huge protests across the country killing at least 19 people on Friday.

The United States will recognize the Transitional National Council (TNC), the rebel group fighting Moammar Gaddafi in Libya, as that country’s “legitimate governing authority, said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The General Assembly of the United Nations gave the green light to the candidacy of South Sudan as the 193rd member state after declaring its independence from Sudan on July 9th.

Conservative backbencher Philip Davies, who represents Shipley in West Yorkshire, considers himself a one-man warrior against “political correctness”.

George Clooney's watchdog group has discovered evidence of ethnic murders in Sudan.

An 82 year-old pensioner was shot with a Taser by police in Northolt, UK and later rushed to the hospital.

A burly caped crusader named 'Foreskin Man,' produced out of San Francisco's contentious debate over whether to ban circumcisions, has provoked allegations of anti-Semitism bubbling beneath the sensitive topic.

On the same day that Human Rights Watch released a report calling for former President George W. Bush to be prosecuted for alleged war crimes, the United Nations assailed the Obama administration for obstructing an investigation into alleged abuses of another detainee: Pfc. Bradley Manning.

George W. Bush and senior officials responsible for torture and mistreatment of detainees must be prosecuted, if not by the Obama administration then by the international community, a report released on Tuesday by Human Rights Watch charged.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. is looking for action, not words from Syria regarding its domestic reform process, and warned that further delays by the Assad regime will only intensify the resistance movement, which seeks a democratic government.

New York's legalizing gay marriage could encourage same sex couples to adopt, experts say.