A newly declassified investigation has revealed that the US military knew about at least 75 reported human rights abuses by Afghan military and police but used a legal loophole to keep funding the Afghan units. These human rights abuses included...
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Romania has made little progress against corruption in state institutions, according to a report released Thursday by the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) . In the report, GRECO said that concerns regarding the...
Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed Tuesday to complete the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya within two years. According to a statement released by the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the repatriation will be completed within two years...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Wednesday that a 17-year-old immigrant in government custody was blocked by the Trump administration from obtaining an abortion. The unidentified 17-year-old girl, referred to as Jane Moe, is believed to be in...
The New Hampshire House of Representatives voted Tuesday to legalize recreational marijuana . After a committee recommendation that the lawmakers kill the bill, the House voted against killing the bill. The House then voted 207-139 to...
UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston warned Friday that "he American Dream is rapidly becoming the American Illusion as the US ... now has the lowest rate of social mobility of any of the...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Jameka Evans, a Georgia security guard who claims that she was harassed and ultimately forced to quit her job because she is s...
Australia's House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, with just four votes in opposition. The new law changes the definition of marriage from "the union of a man and a...
Five Native American tribes filed suit Monday against US President Donald Trump after he announced his decision to reduce the size of both Utah's Bears Ears National Monument by nearly 90 percent and the Grand Staircase Escalante National...
People and municipalities in Lebanon have resorted to burning garbage as a result of government mismanagement, causing detrimental health effects, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Friday. Lebanon's waste crisis erupted in 2015 when authorities closed the main landfill...
