Central African Republic at risk of genocide, says group
By PAUL SCHEMM In this May 23, 2014 picture, Fulani civilians gather in Bambari, Central African Republic. In a report released Tuesday June 24, 2014, the International Federation for Human…
Human rights and civil liberties
$40M settlement reported in Central Park rape case
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE – This 1990 file photo provided by Sundance Selects shows accused rapist Yusef Salaam, second right, being escorted by police in New York in 1990. Salaam…
Watchdog accuses Syria’s Kurdish party of abuses
By BARBARA SURK United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres greets a Syrian child during his visit to Khaldeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, June 19, 2014. Guterres…
What’s next for Libya suspect, on ship and beyond?
By ERIC TUCKER and NANCY BENAC This undated image obtained from Facebook shows Ahmed Abu Khattala, an alleged leader of the deadly 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, who…
Clinton: ‘Not prepared’ to back working with Iran
By KEN THOMAS HiIlary Rodham Clinton smiles as she arrives at a book signing for her new book “Hard Choices,” at Harvard Book Store, Monday, June 16, 2014, in Cambridge,…
Obama says he’ll build up manufacturing
By JIM KUHNHENN President Barack Obama waves as he walks with first lady Michelle Obama on their return to the White House from a trip to California, Monday, June 16,…
50 years ago, ‘Freedom Summer’ changed South, US
By ALLEN G. BREED and SHARON COHEN In this April 4, 2014 photo, Aviva Futorian and Roy DeBerry sit in Futorian’s Chicago apartment. They have been friends since they met…
Activist group: Jihadists besiege Syrian city
This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa,…