The move gives the regime more legal authority to suppress the group
WATCH: Edward Snowden Delivers Christmas Message
“A child born today will grow up with no conception of privacy,” the NSA leaker said
Russia Drops Criminal Charges Against Greenpeace Activists
Ahead of Sochi Olympics
U.S. Embassy Fired on in Kabul
No casualties reported during attack in Afghan capital
Pope Francis Delivers First Christmas Sermon
Leader of Catholic Church calls on the faithful to ‘walk in the light’
Far From Home and Fearing for Their Lives, Burma’s Kachin Celebrate a Grim Christmas
Around 100,000 people currently inhabit ramshackle displacement camps in freezing northernmost Burma, victims of a two-and-a-half-year struggle between ethnic rebels and central government
Christmas Violence in the Holy Land Shadows Middle East Peace Talks
It may be the Season of Peace in much of the world, but the Holy Land is seeing a sharp uptick in the violence that has marred the province of Christ’s birth for most of the last century.
Israelis are alarmed by three …
U.N. Reports Thousands Dead in South Sudan, Mass Graves Found
80,000 Displaced Amid Fears Violence Will Become Ethnically Charged
Christians Celebrate Across the Globe
Pictures from Christmas observances the world over
WWII Hero Codebreaker Gets Belated Pardon
British code-breaker Alan Turing has been called a genius, a war hero and one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. But he was gay, and in 1952 was convicted of homosexuality.
Gaza Skirmish Leaves Israeli Civilian, Palestinian Girl Dead
Swift Israeli retaliation for alleged Palestinian sniper attack
China To Ease One-Child Policy in Early 2014
Plans to ease China’s decades-old one-child policy will be rolled out early next year, Chinese state media have said.
The policy change, which Beijing announced last month it was relaxing after nearly three decades, is part of a plan to raise fertility rates and ease the financial burden on China’s aging population, reports …
Bangladesh Garment Factory Victims Get $40 Million Compensation Fund
Four global retailers Primark, El Corte Ingles, Loblaw and Bon Marche have pledged to contribute to a $40 million compensation fund for victims of Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in April, officials announced on Tuesday.
“An estimated $40 million will be required to compensate the victims and their beneficiaries, …