The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday ruled that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractors who designed ...

A court in Algeria has sentenced French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes to seven years in prison on charges of 'glorifying terrorism' and 'possessing propaganda publications harmful to the ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) voiced concern on Tuesday that some European Union (EU) member states may be retreating from their human rights and environmental commitments, following an agreement on a ...

The Tribunal of the National Court of Justice of Ecuador sentenced Jorge Glas, the former vice president, to 13 years in prison for embezzlement charges on Monday. The judges, Mercedes Caicedo, ...

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday demanded that Malawian authorities investigate and prosecute armed men who attacked peaceful election protesters last week while police on scene declined to step in.

An Algerian court upheld a verdict against French-Algerian writer and critic Boualem Sansal on Tuesday, sentencing him to five years in prison and a fine of 500,000 Algerian dinars (approximately ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awarded Iran a partial victory this Thursday in a long-standing dispute with Washington over a 1955 treaty. This dispute, formally known as Islamic Republic ...

The UK High Court on Monday granted Palestine Action an urgent hearing to challenge the Home Secretary's decision to proscribe the group as a terrorist organization under Schedule 2 of the Terrorism ...

The Constitutional Court of Thailand suspended the nation's prime minster (PM) Tuesday, ordering her to stop performing her duties following allegations of misconduct and serious ethical violations ...

Amnesty International research released on Monday concluded that more than 80 percent of the those convicted under Hong ...

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is deepening at an alarming rate, a senior United Nations official warned on Monday, calling the suffering 'unbearable' and condemning the 'collective punishment of ...

US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that terminates the majority of US sanctions imposed against Syria and associated designated persons, effective July 1. Lifting ...