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** FILE ** Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu attend a meeting with top military officials in Moscow, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the country's top brass to deliver a drastic upgrade of the armed forces in the next three years to fend off attempts from abroad to "tip the strategic balance" in the world. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Human rights group charges Vladimir Putin with ‘unprecedented’ attacks

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference in Moscow on Dec. 20, 2012. (Associated Press/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

Russia’s Putin cracking down on variety of advocacy groups

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** King Abdullah (center) of Saudi Arabia waves during the inauguration of the Princess Noura bint Abdulrahaman University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, May 15, 2011. The school will be the biggest women's university in the world, with capacity for 40,000 students. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)

Saudi Arabia executes 7 men after appeals rejected

By Abdullah Al-Shihri - Associated Press

Azerbaijan accused of intimidating writer

By AIDA SULTANOVA and PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier. (Drew Angerer / The Washington Times)

D.C. chief disputes report that police mishandled rape cases

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

D.C. police Chief Cathy L. Lanier says her department has made headway in identifying records that correspond to sexual assaults questioned by Human Rights Watch in its blistering report that accused the department of failing to investigate the cases. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

D.C.’s ‘missing’ assault cases were moved

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

A man takes a close look at a burned-out truck in Timbuktu, Mali, on Jan. 31, 2013. Islamic militants fled from the area when French special forces parachuted in to liberate the city of Timbuktu several days ago. (Associated Press)

Mali jihadists in custody say tortured by military

By Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Human Rights Watch allegations unfair

The Washington Times

**FILE** Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier (The Washington Times)

Rights group faults D.C. police on rape cases

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Report: D.C. fails to investigate sexual assaults

By Matthew Barakat - Associated Press

** FILE ** The Butner Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, N.C., is pictured on Monday, July 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Federal prisons urged to grant more early releases

By David Crary - Associated Press

A portrait of Moammar Gadhafi on a wall covers by bullets marks is displayed on a building in the Abu Salim district, in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, where rebels had battled Gadhafi's fighters holed up in residential buildings for most of the previous day. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Group: Libya militias ‘executed’ Gadhafi loyalists

By Maggie Michael - Associated Press

A Palestinian prisoner is seen at the Hamas-controlled Saraya Prison in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, in July 2007. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Rights group: Hamas abusing Palestinians in Gaza

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

Libyans search for documents inside Abu Salim Prison, Libya's most notorious prison during Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime and the scene of a 1996 massacre of prisoners, in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Rights group: Evidence of wider U.S. waterboarding

By Lee Keath and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

In early 2010, a boy led the hard-line Islamist al-Shabab fighters as they conducted military exercise in Somalia. The country’s continuous violence appears to have increased recruiting efforts of young fighters, who are easily indoctrinated. (Associated Press)

U.S. gives military aid to nations with child soldiers

By Chuck Neubauer - The Washington Times

Benigno Aquino, Philippine president, delivers his inaugural speech at Quirino Grandstand in Manila, the Philippines, on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Aquino, who rose from political outsider to Philippine president in less than a year, takes office today pledging to fight poverty, narrow the budget deficit and refrain from raising taxes in a nation trailing its neighbors in economic growth and international investment. Photographer: Edwin Tuyay/Bloomberg

PEARSON: Obama’s message for Aquino

By Elaine Pearson

** FILE ** In this Sept. 24, 2010, file photo, President Obama greets Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev during their bilateral meeting in New York. (Associated Press)

Song contest raises hope for change in Azerbaijan

By Josie Le Blond and Jacob Resneck - Special to The Washington Times

The International Criminal Court may expand its war-crimes indictment against Congolese Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, seen here in June 2010 at the 50th anniversary celebration of Congo's independence. (Associated Press)

Congo ex-general said to be recruiting child soldiers again

By Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

A Libyan man sits on debris from a damaged residential building on the outskirts of Tripoli, Libya, in June. Human Rights Watch is calling on NATO to provide compensation for Libyans who lost loved ones or had property damaged in airstrikes during the bombing campaign that helped rebels oust former leader Moammar Gadhafi. (Associated Press)

NATO urged to acknowledge civilian casualties in Libya strikes

By Rami al-Shaheibi and Kim Gamel - Associated Press

John Brennan, President Obama's chief counterterrorism adviser, refused to answer questions about whether the video unfairly capitalizes on bin Laden's death. (Associated Press)

Rights groups hit Brennan’s defense of ‘legal’ drone strikes

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times