An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 56 people to prison for up to 14 years for their involvement in a deadly capsizing of a boat carrying migrants and refugees. The boat capsized close to the Egyptian...

Civil servant Carrie Lam on Sunday became Hong Kong's new leader and first female chief executive after defeating former financial secretary John Tsang by a vote of 777-365. The 7.3 million people living in Hong Kong could not participate in...

Human Rights Watch sent a letter and a memorandum to the speaker of the Iraqi parliament on Sunday with recommendations for amendments to a proposed domestic violence bill. HRW urged the Iraqi government to set penalties...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Saturday rejected an emergency request from two native american tribes attempting to stop oil from flowing through the Dakota Access pipeline. As a result...

The US Senate approved a bill on Tuesday to overturn a rule created by the Obama administration regarding land management. According to supporters of the rule, it was created to streamline the communication process between federal...

South Africa on Tuesday informed the UN that it is canceling its decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) . South Africa's decision to cancel the withdrawal comes in response to the South African High...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) passed a resolution on Friday announcing a national boycott of North Carolina. The NAACP asked other organizations, artists, religious groups, and sports leagues to follow suit and...

Two sources with contacts in the Trump administration suggested Saturday that the US might be considering leaving the UN Human Rights Council . One source explained that several requests had come from the US State Department regarding the Council,...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday that Iraqi forces, backed by the US, have begun their offensive push into the western sector of the city of Mosul, currently occupied by the Islamic State (IS). IS forces have...

John Kelly , Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) , signed several memos on Friday detailing plans to facilitate the detention and deportation of immigrants in the US illegally. According to the guidelines,...