A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday extended the deadline for German automaker Volkswagen AG (VW) to fix its diesel-powered cars, which have been held...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein expressed grave concern on Wednesday over the closure of hundreds of Egypt's civil society organizations and the prosecutions of numerous human rights activists in Egypt...

Amnesty International (AI) said Thursday that Myanmar's new government has been presented with a historic opportunity to change course on human rights, but that doing so would mean making a commitment to break away from its...

North Korea defied the new UN and US sanctions by firing a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea on Friday. This development comes within days of the weapons tests ordered by Kim Jong-un which...

Top UN officials urged the international community on Thursday to develop human-rights-based responses for combating violent extremism as opposed to using a "security only" approach to dealing with the scourge. In a video message ...

The Dusseldorf district court on Wednesday ruled against the use of Facebook's "like" button on an online shopping site, Peek & Cloppenburg (P&C) , stating that proper consent from...

São Paulo state prosecutors on Wednesday filed charges against former Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in connection with money laundering and misrepresentation of assets involving a luxury apartment in the beachfront city of Guarujá. Although the...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday that the city of Forth Worth, Texas has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging that it discriminated against persons with disabilities by refusing to allow a...

The head of the US National Transportation Safety Board , Chris Hart, stated on Friday that airlines around the world are not acting quickly enough to address safety standards in the wake of the MH-370 disappearance. The...

The Delhi High Court granted bail Wednesday to student political leader Kanhaiya Kumar who was arrested with other students on February 9 when he rallied against the execution of Kashmiri separatist Mohammed Afzal Guru. The arrests...