International medical response teams staged a "takeover" after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, undermining the country's own ability to provide healthcare, according to a...
Pope Benedict XVI has stepped into the row over Pakistan's blasphemy laws, declaring them an excuse for violence against non-Muslims and urging their removal.He...
A North Carolina judge has struck down a 98-year-old state ban on public profanity.Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour dismissed a misdemeanour charge against...
A leading Iranian human rights lawyer has been jailed for 11 years after being convicted of security offences.Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested in September, and...
