Swedish school opens gender-neutral changing room
Officials in a liberal Stockholm suburb that discourages gender stereotypes have decided to open a gender-neutral changing room in a local high school ...
Argentina's congress limits judicial independence
Argentina's congress passed new limits on judicial independence Thursday, key parts of a package of laws the government promises will "democratize" ...
Republican lawmaker wants asylum review in bill
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he wants to overhaul the way the U.S. grants asylum to immigrants after the Boston Marathon bombing
Swiss groups fear study undercuts assisted suicide
Swiss groups that aid people seeking to end their lives say they fear a national research program could lead to stricter rules for assisted suicide.
Argentine Congress aims to 'democratize' courts
Legislators shouted at each other all day and into the night Wednesday while a nervous crowd held vigil outside as congress bitterly debated major ...
Egypt proceeds with judiciary law despite uproar
Egypt's Islamist-led parliament on Wednesday pushed ahead with a law that could force into retirement many of the nation's most senior judges, despite ...
Clashes suggest Sunni anger boiling over in Iraq
With Sunni gunmen beginning to confront the Shiite-led government's security forces head-on in northern and western Iraq, fears are growing fast of ...
Minaret of landmark mosque in Syria destroyed
The minaret of a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed Wednesday, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a ...
Local government says 21 dead in west China clash
A violent clash between authorities and assailants described as a terrorist gang left 21 people dead in China's restive northwestern region of ...
NGOs: Violent racist attacks increase in Greece
The number of racially motivated attacks increased in Greece last year, as did the severity of the violence involved, human rights groups said ...
Italy: animal rights protests sets back research
The head of pharmacology at Milan's state university says a weekend break-in by animal rights activists who freed about 100 laboratory animals has ...
UN warns of 'troubling rise' in Afghan violence
The U.N. envoy to Afghanistan said civilian casualties rose nearly 30 percent in the first three months of the year, calling it a "troubling rise" in ...
Wife: American in Iraqi prison is on hunger strike
In Baghdad's maximum-security Karkh prison, Shawki Omar is triply damned, his supporters say. He's a Sunni prisoner in a Shiite-dominated jail.
Levski Sofia fined for display of Nazi symbols
The Bulgarian Football Union has fined Levski Sofia for club fans displaying Nazi symbols during a domestic league match last weekend. The union said ...
Napolitano: Immigration bill would boost security
Sweeping immigration legislation would improve U.S. security by helping authorities to know who is in the U.S., Homeland Security Secretary Janet ...
Diplomats: No rights monitoring in Western Sahara
Opposition from France and Morocco forced the United States to abandon a proposal to monitor human rights in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, ...
Myanmar pardons 93, including political prisoners
Myanmar's president pardoned 93 prisoners, including at least 59 political detainees, a day after the European Union lifted sanctions against the ...
French protest against gay marriage turns violent
France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation's heartland and triggered huge ...
Top legal adviser to Egypt's president resigns
The legal adviser of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi resigned Tuesday, alleging that the Muslim Brotherhood has monopolized decision-making ...
Iraq on edge after deadly raid on protest camp
Security forces stormed a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, sparking deadly clashes in several towns and sharply intensifying rage at ...
Lawyer: Inspectors clear US horse slaughterhouse
The attorney for a proposed horse slaughterhouse in southeastern New Mexico says a federal inspection Tuesday went well and the plant hopes to be in ...
Juventus fined 30,000 euros for racism
Juventus has been fined 30,000 euros after fans chanted racist slurs and unfurled a banner during its 1-0 weekend win over AC Milan. The Serie A ...
Cuban dissidents pick up EU prize, 8 years later
Eight years after winning Europe's top human rights prize, members of a Cuban opposition group on Tuesday finally picked it up after securing ...
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