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Attacking drones, the most effective counter-terrorism tool the United States has found thus far, is a new cause celebre among progressive public intellectuals and major segments of the media.
Human rights groups charge the United States still gives military aid to countries with child soldiers nearly four years after Congress put a ban in place.
A decision from Washington to provide military aid to countries known to use child soldiers is abominable, said Human Rights Watch.
Washington needs to consider the age of Canadian militant Omar Khadr when handing down a sentence Wednesday, Human Rights Watch said.
Vice President Dick Cheney gave former House Majority Leader Dick Armey misleading information to win his support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a book says.
The Washington Post won six Pulitzer prizes when winners were announced in New York Monday.
New York's Long Island University announced this year's George Polk Awards for excellence in journalism in 14 categories, led by a writer for the New Yorker.
Myanmar’s military junta is forcibly recruiting children, some as young as 10, to meet its military staffing shortage, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
A U.S.-based human rights group is marking International Women's Day with a call for greater protections for girls.
The Sri Lankan government is knowingly allowing rebels to abduct children and train them as guerrillas, Human Rights Watch said in a report from New York.
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