LGBT individuals in China are being subjected to abuses in the form of "conversion therapy," according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . According to HRW, public hospitals and private clinics are utilizing so-called...

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials pledged Tuesday to respect the Iraq Federal Supreme Court's interpretation of Article I of the Iraq Constitution , effectively agreeing not to secede. The Iraq...

The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that an EU citizen who becomes a British citizen is allowed to have their non-EU spouse live with them in the UK. The ruling came in a case brought by a Spanish...

An animal rights organization filed a writ of habeas corpus Monday on behalf of three elephants owned by the Connecticut-based Commerford Zoo . The writ was brought by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) for the confinement...

Special master in the case of Covington v. North Carolina submitted a draft plan and order yesterday that includes an initial proposal for new district maps in certain state congressional districts. This plan was drafted by special master,...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday allowed President Donald Trump's latest travel ban to go partially into effect. The partial ban applies to people of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Chad, who...

The FBI released the 2016 Hate Crime Statistics on Monday revealing 7,321 recorded criminal offenses motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender and gender identity in comparison to 6,885 [press...

Twenty-three EU member states on Monday signed a joint notification for the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), a long sought after pact which will facilitate states working together more closely on defense security and defense policy matters....

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Sunday held that a lawsuit brought by blind voters in Ohio against Secretary of State Jon Husted can proceed. The suit arises out of a claim that...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday asked the Supreme Court to dismiss two election petitions challenging the validity of his repeat election win. Kenyatta strongly rejected the claims made by two challengers, saying that the petitions...