UN rights body extends Syria probe to March 2014
Dozens of nations agreed Friday to extend a U.N. probe of human rights abuses in Syria's civil war for another year, signaling their grave concern ...
UN to probe alleged chemical weapons use in Syria
The United Nations will investigate the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, which would amount to a crime against humanity, Secretary-General ...
UN votes to probe NKorea suspected rights abuses
The United Nations' top human rights body unanimously approved Thursday a formal probe into North Korea for possible crimes against humanity.
France's Sarkozy officially being investigated
A judge on Thursday filed preliminary charges against former President Nicolas Sarkozy in a campaign finance case, formally placing him under ...
UN rights body urges more thorough Sri Lanka probe
For the second time in as many years, the U.N.'s top human rights body approved a U.S.-backed resolution Thursday calling on Sri Lanka to more ...
UK investigates preacher over extremist literature
British police say they are investigating whether radical Muslim preacher Abu Qatada wrote extremist material while on bail fighting extradition.
Syria regime, rebels want probe of chemical attack
Syria's government and rebels on Wednesday both demanded an international investigation into an alleged chemical weapons attack, as the country's ...
Russia ends investigation of whistleblower's death
Russia's top investigative agency has closed its probe into the death in prison of a lawyer who exposed what he said was staggering official ...
Ex-tabloid editor quizzed in phone hacking probe
The former editor of Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid was questioned on Friday by police investigating phone hacking, British media reported. The Press ...
SAfrica investigates second dragged man case
A South African police officer has been arrested for allegedly dragging a man from a police vehicle in the second such incident in recent weeks.
AP EXCLUSIVE: Police blamed in Egypt revolt deaths
The highest-level inquiry into the deaths of nearly 900 protesters in Egypt's uprising has concluded that police were behind nearly all the killings ...
Bodies exhumed in killings tied to Mandela ex-wife
Forensic scientists on Tuesday exhumed two bodies believed to belong to young activists last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie ...
Report: UK police had Savile abuse records in '60s
An independent report into how British police handled allegations against disgraced late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile said Tuesday that police held ...
FIFA suspends executive during ethics probe
The fallout from the Mohamed bin Hammam corruption scandal in world football led to FIFA suspending another leading Asian member of its executive ...
UN panel investigating 20 massacres in Syria
A U.N.-appointed commission is collecting evidence on 20 massacres in Syria, a reflection of the civil war's growing brutality, the panel's chairman ...
Accused lawmaker returns to St. Maarten
A St. Maarten legislator at the center of a bribery probe returned Sunday to the Dutch Caribbean country and said he was prepared to give his side of ...
UK ex-policeman, prison officer sold info to paper
A former police officer and a prison officer have admitted selling information to a British tabloid belonging to Rupert Murdoch, pleading guilty ...
3 women a day killed by a partner in South Africa
Reeva Steenkamp, the model and law graduate shot and killed by Oscar Pistorius, was statistically just one of three women killed on Valentine's Day ...
Swiss prosecutor close to decision in Zoricic case
Legal action following the fatal crash of Canadian skicross racer Nik Zoricic at a World Cup in Switzerland is likely to be made clearer in June.
Philippines to accuse police, soldiers in killings
Philippine investigators will file a murder case against 35 police officers and soldiers for allegedly executing 13 people at a road checkpoint in a ...
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