Russia on Tuesday vetoed the UN Security Council's resolution to extend the UN Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapon (OPCW) investigation into the Syria chemical-weapons attack. In February Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of Hawaii v. Trump , the last remaining challenge of the now expired March 6 travel ban . In the brief order, the...

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday resuming the admissions of refugees into the US but introducing heightened vetting procedures. The order states that the prior executive order barring refugee admissions from a...

The Communist Party of China amended their constitution Tuesday to add a section titled "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era." The party's "absolute" leadership over the military, the fight against corruption, Xi's...

Quebec Minister of Justice and Attorney General Stéphanie Vallée on Tuesday released guidelines for the implementation of Bill 62 , legislation requiring those who wear face veils to remove them when using public...

Microsoft announced plans to drop its lawsuit against the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday after the DOJ issued new guidelines in an effort to curb its practice of using secrecy orders to silence companies...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged French President Emmanuel Macron to raise human rights abuse s during a meeting with Egyptian President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi in Paris on Tuesday. Tuesday's meeting will be Macron's first meeting...

A US district court judge in San Jose, California, on Sunday ordered a retrial to determine how much Samsung owes Apple for infringing three iPhone 3Gs patents: "black rectangular front face of a phone with rounded corners," "the rectangular...

The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) on Monday denounced the arrest of 30 opposition party members as part of a crackdown by President Joseph Kabila's government. The...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Monday to reconsider the denial of an abortion for a pregnant 17-year-old, identified as Jane...