Taiwan's justice minister Thursday received a rebuke from the premier after she vowed not to allow any executions during her term, while also facing mounting calls for her to resign. Wang Ching-feng said Wednesday that she would rather quit than order the execution of the 44 convicts currently on death row, adding she was willing to die in their ...

The United States Thursday denounced "new forms" of anti-Semitism, saying criticism of Israel and Zionism had led to a rise of anti-Jewish sentiment around the world in 2009. "Traditional and new forms of anti-Semitism continued to arise, and a spike in such activity followed the Gaza conflict in the winter of 2008-2009," the State Department said in an annual report ...

Western nations must press Syria on its human rights record as the country emerges from international isolation, a rights group said Thursday. The United States, France and other nations recently have boosted engagement with Syria, a country seen as key to peace in the region. Washington is hoping ...

The animal rights group PETA is offering to help the cash-strapped city of Colorado Springs by paying to put trash cans back in parks — on one condition. The cans have to carry an anti-meat slogan and a picture of a woman in a lettuce bikini ...