UN Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheik Ahmed announced Saturday that peace negotiations between Yemeni parties in Kuwait were off to an "encouraging start that will set the ground for a negotiated solution." Both the Government...

One day after storming parliament, Iraqi protesters are camping out Sunday within the confines of Baghdad's International Zone, also referred to as the "Green Zone." The Green Zone is a secured area that includes embassies and government buildings....

Thai police confirmed Saturday that eight people have been charged with sedition and computer crimes in relation to Facebook posts in opposition of the government. The activists were detained on Wednesday for comments concerning Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha...

The Supreme Court of North Korea on Friday sentenced US citizen, Kim Dong-chul, to 10 years in prison and hard labor on charges of subversion and espionage . Kim, 62, was a resident of Virginia before moving to China...

UN experts commended Tunisia Friday on the implementation of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM), a torture prevention body, and recommended that officials ensure that the delegates are "well-resourced and able to function in the shortest time possible." The...

Two independent human rights experts called upon the UN Friday to put into motion a plan to redress damages suffered by internationally displaced persons who were exposed to lead poisoning at camps settled by the UN...

Panamanian prosecutors for organized crime raided the Panamanian office of international law firm Mossack Fonseca on Tuesday, seeking evidence of money laundering and financing terrorism in relation to the recent Panama Papers scandal. Mossack Fonseca has...

Georgia officials executed Kenneth Fults Tuesday after the US Supreme Court Tuesday denied the application for stay of execution. His attorney argued that the jury which sentenced Fults, an African American man,...

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed Friday that it has opened a criminal investigation into Tata Steel , looking into activity that took place at the Specialty Steels unit in the UK. Tata Steel...

The Puerto Rico legislature passed a bill on Wednesday that would allow the island territory to enter into a state of fiscal emergency and begin the process toward a debt moratorium. The bill ...