An Egyptian court on Saturday began the trial of a journalist union leader as well as two board members who were charged with spreading false news and harboring wanted reporters. About a month prior, Union leader Yahya Qalash denounced...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday filed a complaint in the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (STJ) accusing National Assembly opposition leaders of partaking in international relations contrary to constitutional law. Assembly...

The US District Court for the Southern District of California ordered Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday to release internal documents pertaining to Trump University, the terminated education program that is currently...

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Friday expressed concern over the poor living conditions of several refugee camps located in northern Greece. Refugees were recently transferred to the sites of concern after being...

US Secretary of State John Kerry offered support to Myanmar's newly democratic government Sunday and urged the country to push more democratic reform and address human rights issues. Though Myanmar is no longer under military rule, Senior General...

A Canadian federal judge on Saturday ruled in favor of deporting a Gatineau man to Rwanda to face trial for suspected war crimes committed during the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Henri Jean-Claude Seyoboka, a former soldier who joined...

During an annual session last Friday, Missouri legislators passed a bill which will allow all state citizens to carry concealed guns without permits or completed gun training. Republicans supporting the bill argued that the law...

Former Argentinian president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was charged in federal court last Friday for manipulating the economy in order to resolve the country's low foreign reserves. The ruling judge found that Kirchner, along with...

A Miami judge ruled Monday that Florida's revamped death penalty law is unconstitutional because it does not require a unanimous agreement among jurors to approve executions. The law , enacted in March, only requires...

Three UN rights experts on Monday urged the Egyptian government end its oppressive response towards human rights advocates in the country. The experts reported that Egypt has cracked down on protesters, journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders...