MUMBAI (RPRN) 8/6/2009--An Indian court has sentenced three people to death for carrying out bomb attacks in India's commercial capital, Mumbai, in 2003 that killed 52 people. The special court...
WASHINGTON (RPRN) 7/17/2009--Right now, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are gathering to determine whether a new, federal office dedicated to defending women's human rights will become permanent.An upcoming...
by Ian Smith
Norfolk, Va. (RPRN) 6/10/2009- — As a result of an ongoing campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine,...
WASHINGTON (RPRN) 6/9/2009--U.S. authorities have moved a Guantanamo Bay terror suspect to the United States for the first time to face trial. The Justice Department says alleged al-Qaida conspirator Ahmed...
New York, (RPRN) 6/4/2009---On the eve of the June 4 criminal trial date for U.S. television journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling in North Korea, the Committee to Protect Journalists...
By Peter Heinlein
Goma, Congo (RPRN) 5/19/2009--The U.N. Security Council, on a tour of Africa, has given a vote of confidence to its controversial peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of...
Sentence Reduced But Saberi Not Acquitted Of Espionage Charges
Reporter was arrested while buying a bottle of wine, which is illegal in Iran
Tehran, Iran (RPRN) 5/15/2009--The American journalist recently freed from...
Kingston, Jamaica (RPRN) 04/20/09-Jamaican officials say they have arrested the lone gunman who was holding five crew members of a CanJet airliner hostage at Montego Bay's airport. Jamaican Information Minister...
By Alisha Ryu
Nairobi, (RPRN)15 April 2009-Details are emerging about a failed hijacking of an American cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, Tuesday. The attack came just days after the...
Unlike the romanticized image of 18th-century swashbucklers put forth by Hollywood, modern-day Somalis often turn to piracy as one of few ways to earn a living in their anarchic nation
Obama...