LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Amnesty International said Wednesday it wanted to police abuse during May riots in Turkey investigated by the appropriate authorities.
PARIS, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The African Union is called on to respond to a crisis in Sudan that erupted after deadly September demonstrations, an international rights consortium said.
LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Guinean leaders are commended for resolving their political differences so long-delayed elections could take place, the British government said.
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Sanctions against North Korea show how world powers like the United States are abusing the Security Council, the North Korean foreign affairs minister said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said Wednesday there are no longer checkpoints manned by Hezbollah in the country.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Kenya is called on to hand over a man accused of bribing a witness in a war crimes case against Vice President William Ruto, the ICC said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The threat from Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab deserves another look following its attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, a U.S. lawmaker said.
By Catherine Brzycki and Katie Peralta -- Medill News Service
WASHINGTON -- Federal employees are "excepted" from the furlough if they perform duties involving the safety of human life. Employees are “exempted” from the furlough if they are not affected by a lapse in appropriations. The rest -- "non-essential" workers -- stayed home today.
By Megan Pauly -- Medill News Service
WASHINGTON -- Three national security experts agree that changes to the NSA’s database system are necessary to reassure Americans that their Fourth Amendment rights will not be violated.
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Israel is seeking to tighten its links with Azerbaijan, the oil-rich former Soviet Republic that borders Iran, to secure a strategic alliance that has already provided invaluable in the Jewish state's smoldering conflict with the Islamic Republic.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Tuesday she was alarmed by the level at which torture took place in Libyan detention centers.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The U.N. rights commission said Tuesday it was encouraged by Turkish efforts to resolve a simmering conflict with members of the Kurdish minority.
LONDON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Signing the U.N. arms treaty by the United States was the easy part in implementing landmark controls, British policy center Chatham House said.
TEHRAN, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said there are no plans to travel to Washington during his U.S. visit, an envoy said Tuesday.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The estimated 2.1 million refugees in Syria need help that can't be found in a political solution to the crisis, a European Union official said.
