The Federal Police of Brazil on Monday arrested former finance minister Antonio Palocci in connection with an ongoing corruption probe. The former minister is accused of being involved with a host of...

The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a peace agreement on Monday that ends a more than 50-year conflict. The agreement was finalized in August after four years of negotiations...

The National Assembly of Pakistan on Monday approved a bill that allows the Hindu community to legally register their marriages. Rights groups applauded the passing of the Hindu marriage bill as it will...

The FBI on Monday reported an increase in violent crime during 2015 and decrease in property crimes . Crime in the United States, 2015 revealed the first increase in violent crime in recent years, although...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that American Express (Amex) can enforce rules that ban merchants accepting its credit cards from directing customers to its competitors' cards. The...

UN human rights expert Dubravka Šimonović called Monday for women to participate in a new peace process between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Šimonović suggested that reducing violence against women and supporting gender...

A Spanish court began hearing the fraud trial of former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Rodrigo Rato and more than 60 other bankers on Monday concerning allegations the defendants fraudulently used secret credit cards from Bankia bank to...

A southern China court on Monday sentenced three prominent labor organizers to suspended prison terms, almost nine months after they were arrested during a crackdown on civic organizations working outside of the Communist Party. Zeng Feiyang, who was indicted on...

Swiss voters on Sunday voted to approve a new surveillance law allowing their national intelligence service broad powers to spy on 'terrorist' suspects and cyber criminals, as well as the ability to cooperate with foreign intelligence agencies. While Switzerland is...

Pakistani police are committing serious human rights abuses , Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday, calling for a complete overhaul of the country's police system. The report , "This Crooked System," looks at the history of the...