Democrats in the US Senate filibustered the nomination of Supreme Court potential appointee Neil Gorsuch on Thursday. Republicans countered by changing Senate procedure to secure a vote on the nomination....

Earthjustice , an environmental law advocacy group filed a motion on Wednesday, on behalf of two other environmental groups asking a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to order the...

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesman announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump's administration was no longer planning to separate women and children at the US' southern border as a means of deterring immigration. Speaking to a US...

Amnesty International (AI) released a report Wednesday criticizing the role two companies are playing in a refugee "processing" system Australia is carrying out on the Pacific island of Nauru. AI says that for multiple...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday removed Chief Political Strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council (NSC). Bannon was a controversial pick for the council, and according to the administration, was only placed on...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned on Wednesday a new Ukrainian anti-corruption law that requires activists and journalists who report on government corruption to file public declarations of their personal assets. The law was...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres voiced deep regret regarding US decision to cut financial support for the UN population agency. According to Guterres, the decision is based on an inaccurate depiction of the nature and importance of the UN...

The US District Court for the Western District of Washington has issued a preliminary injunction to block Seattle's first-in-the-nation law that will allow drivers for taxis, Lyft and Uber to unionize. The law, passed...

The New York Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that law-enforcement can seize private Facebook account information. The court ruled that Facebook could not contest the warrants and therefore the court could...

The UN Security Council conducted emergency talks on Wednesday regarding an alleged chemical attack in Syria that killed numerous civilians. According to statement made by UN Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday the UN is not currently in a position...