Calling the subjugation of women a threat to American security, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a vibrant plea to give equal rights to women around the world. "The subjugation of women is a direct threat to the security of the United States," the chief US diplomat told an international women's conference which closed Friday at UN headquarters ...

Mexico defended its military courts system on Thursday after a U.S. human rights report cited reports of alleged abuses by the army and a lack of investigation in many of the cases. The U.S. State Department's annual human rights report cites hundreds of complaints of ...

Calling the subjugation of women a threat to American security, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a vibrant appeal Friday to give equal rights to women around the world. "The subjugation of women is a direct threat to the security of the United States," the chief US diplomat said at an international women's conference which closed Friday at ...

China on Friday slammed US criticism of its human rights and currency policies, alleging a campaign of defamation as relations between the two giant powers took a new lurch for the worse. China rejected a tough US State Department report on its rights record, and took aim at President Barack Obama's call for a "market-oriented" exchange rate regime -- code ...