The Washington Post / Jonathan Turley   Every year, the State Department issues reports on individual rights in other countries, monitoring the passage of restrictive laws and regulations around the world. Iran, for example, has been criticized fo… more »

National Post / By Parisa Hafezi Iran said on Saturday it had evidence Washington was behind the latest killing of one of its nuclear scientists, state television reported, at a time when tensions over the country’s nuclear program have escalated to… more »

CBS News (CBS/AP) Updated at 4:09 p.m. ET   WASHINGTON - A U.S. Navy destroyer has rescued an Iranian fishing boat that had been commandeered by suspected pirates just days after Tehran warned the U.S. to keep its warships out of the Persian G… more »

The Salt Lake Tribune / The New York Times / MARK LANDLER and CHOE SANG-HUN WASHINGTON • Kim Jong Il, the enigmatic North Korean leader, died on a train at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in his country. Forty-eight hours later, officials in South Korea still did… more »

CBS News MOSCOW - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin strongly criticized U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday, accusing her of encouraging and funding Russians protesting election fraud, and warned of a wider Russian crackdown on di… more »