Myanmar's government said on Saturday 302 of the 651 detainees it freed this week were political prisoners whose release had been sought by the National League for Democracy (NLD) party of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
A human-rights body of the United Nations has expressed its support for a Sikh man in France in his battle to wear his turban in defiance of French laws against religious headgear.
One dedicated Little Monster has combined clips from President Obama's speeches over the past three years with the instrumental version of Gaga's Born This Way, creating a karaoke video of the president karaoke-ing to the LGBT pop anthem.
Originally intended as emergency legislation, the law has periodically been amended and extended over the years.
The U.S. government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars housing suspected terrorists in the military prison since 2002. So far, only six people have been convicted by a military commission.
It is also unknown why it took Ankara more than three years to file the charges.
As Boko Haram and the unrest in Nigeria intensifies, African newspapers this week have run stories with headlines likes Nigeria: Worse Than We Thought, Boko Haram: Enough is Enough, Nigeria: A ticking time bomb and Nigeria: Armed and dangerous.
Mexican actress Kate del Castillo has sparked a controversy, posting a Twitter message in which she offered her support to drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, known as the world's most powerful drug trafficker.
Video footage of the Jarawa tribal women dancing for tourists, reportedly in exchange for food, on India's Andaman Islands, has created uproar among human rights campaigners.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper plans to visit China next month as his government looks to open new markets for oil sands crude in the wake of Washington's decision to delay approval of a major pipeline from Alberta to Texas.
The Christian presence in Egypt stretches as far back to the earliest days of Christendom.
It is unclear how many prisoners would be released or their identities or which types of crimes will be pardoned.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, locked in a violent struggle against a wave of unrest, is to make a speech Tuesday on the internal issue and international and regional developments, state media said Monday night.
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has agreed to step down from power in response to ongoing protests in the country, but a stipulation that the oppressive leader will receive immunity in prosecution in exchange has restarted civil unrest in the country.
Some Conservative Muslim groups are calling for a boycott of Sawiris' many companies.
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was acquitted of sodomy charges on Monday.
Anwar Ibrahim, the Leader of the Opposition in the Malaysian government has won a crucial courtroom battle. He has been acquitted of sodomy charges leveled against him by his former political aide, Saiful Bukhari Azlan.
The Arab League urged the Syrian government Sunday to stop its violence against protesters and allow Arab monitors in the country to work more independently, but stopped short of asking for United Nations experts to bolster its peace mission.
Arab League monitors will say on Sunday that Syria is defying a plan to end its crackdown on peaceful protests, Al Jazeera reported, as Arab foreign ministers prepared to discuss the findings of the mission.
Bashir is regarded as a war criminal in the West and is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges he committed genocide in connection with the mass murder of people in the Darfur.
The Asian political canvas looks challenging in 2012, with government changes in key countries likely to surprise investors and businesses. The highlights are a once-in-a-decade leadership change in China, chances of an early general election in India, worsening uncertainty in Pakistani politics and general elections in South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia.
The husband of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko won political asylum in the Czech Republic Friday, as he and Tymoshenko's party said the government launched a criminal investigation against him, the Associated Press reported.
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