Ehud Olmert in court on July 13, 2010. Prosecution announces intention to put suspects on trial for bribery, corruption, and other charges; charges against Olmert pending hearing. The Tel Aviv District’s prosecution announced Monday that it intended to indict former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert along with other suspects in the Holyland affair for corruption, bribery, and other charges. The prosecution... 

Medics help injured anti-government protesters in a mosque’s yard following clashes with police in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday. Yemeni police stormed a camp set up by thousands of protesters demanding the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 32-year rule, killing one person and wounding hundreds early on Saturday, witnesses and medical sources said. Witnesses told Reuters hundreds of security... 

Police apparently used stun grenades and batons to disperse protesters. Police in Saudi Arabia have opened fire to disperse protesters in the eastern city of Qatif, a day before planned countrywide anti-government protests. Witnesses said police also beat demonstrators with batons injuring at least three people. The protesters, from the Shia minority, were demanding the release of prisoners they say... 

A woman passes by a Jewish memorial , desecrated with Nazi symbols, at a cemetery in Dortmund, Germany, Jan. 10, 2005. Members of the Coordinating Committee of European Muslim and Jewish Leaders from Belgium, U.K., France, Germany, Italy, U.S. and more announce plans for a series of public events on Europe Day. Prominent Muslim and Jewish leaders expressed Monday deep concern regarding the rise of... 

The lawmaker behind a bill Texas that would levy felony charges against overly-touchy security personnel may be staunchly Republican, but he truly believes his cause isn’t one tied to the political left or right. “We’re talking about what would be a criminal act in any other place,” Rep. David Simpson (R) told Raw Story on Monday. “If you viewed someone naked without... 

Protesters run during clashes with men in plain clothes front of the state security headquarters in downtown Cairo March 6, 2011. Men in plain clothes armed with swords and petrol bombs attacked protesters in Cairo on Sunday night during a demonstration demanding reform of security services with a reputation for brutality, witnesses said. Dozens of men wielding knives and machetes and hurling bricks... 

Saudi officials are aware of protests - sometimes focused at their country - building across the region. All protests and marches are to be banned in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry has announced on state TV. Its statement said security forces would use all measures to prevent any attempt to disrupt public order. The announcement follows a series of protests by the kingdom’s Shia minority... 

White marchers gather at Glenn Beck rally this summer. Were they driven by racial fears or patriotic sentiment? They marched on Washington to reclaim civil rights. They complained of voter intimidation at the polls. They called for ethnic studies programs to promote racial pride. They are, some say, the new face of racial oppression in this nation — and their faces are white. “We went from... 

Booking photo of Malikah Shabazz on Saturday, Feb. 19. A daughter of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X has been extradited to New York City to face charges of identity theft and grand larceny. Malikah Shabazz was held on $100,000 bail after a court appearance Wednesday night in Queens. Shabazz waived extradition from North Carolina, where she was arrested last week on a warrant issued more than a... 

Report claims Israel discriminates against Muslims, Reform Jews, Christians, women and Bedouin. Israel dismally fails the requirements of a tolerant pluralistic society, according to a new report from the U.S. State Department. Despite boasting religious freedom and protection of all holy sites, Israel falls short in tolerance toward minorities, equal treatment of ethnic groups, openness toward various... 

Prison 'volunteers': In this 1966 picture, medical administrator Solomon McBride questions a clearly marked subject at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia. Questions have been rasied about whether inmates were coerced. Pictures have emerged providing the shocking proof that U.S. government doctors once experimented on disabled American citizens and prison inmates. Such experiments included giving... 

Abdullah al-Kidd, right, and his attorney, American Civil Liberties Union Deputy Director of the Immigrants' Rights Project, Lee Gelernt, talk about a Supreme Court lawsuit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft. Al-Kidd was handcuffed and marched through Washington's Dulles International Airport in his Muslim clothing after 9/11. "I could only assume that (people) thought I was... 

Alex Jones, an American dissident talks about the situation of European people in the US and how their culture is regarded by others. The show has been aired on PrisonPlanet TV, on January 17, 2011.  Read More »

Shakira, Colombian born Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, holds the plaque naming her the Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year, which was presented to her by Harvard Foundation Director Allen Counter, left, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Colombian singer Shakira was honored Saturday by Harvard University for her artistic and humanitarian work. She later said some U.S. states’... 

Order: Julian Assange will be extradited to Sweden, a judge ordered. The founder of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, will be extradited to Sweden to answer sex attack allegations, a judge has ruled. The 39-year-old Australian is accused of sexually assaulting one woman and raping another during a week-long visit to Stockholm in August. He denies any wrongdoing and has sought to fight...