A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled Friday in favor of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson in issuing a stay of President Donald Trump's controversial immigration restrictions. The...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Thursday that the Department of Energy had completed the required investigations for the delivery of liquid radioactive waste from Chalk River in Ontario, Canada, to...

UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk recommended on Friday that the UN Security Council and the General Assembly act to ensure Israel complies with Security Council resolution 2234 , which confirms that Israeli settlements in already...

The Department of the Treasury placed sanctions on 25 individuals and companies connected to Iran's ballistic missile program and those providing support to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force on Friday....

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said Friday that Myanmar security forces' treatment of the Rohingya Muslims likely constitutes crimes against humanity . Interviews with Rohingya refugees reveal that security forces...

Judges for the UK High Court dismissed a claim brought by the Single Market Justice campaign , which argued that members of parliament should be given a vote on Britain leaving the European Economic Area . The...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday unanimously upheld a German court's ruling allowing the preventative detention of a 28- year-old man. Daniel Ilnseher was convicted of strangling a woman to death in 1997. In...

Phil Shiner, a disgraced human rights lawyer, is no longer allowed to practice law after being struck off Thursday after having 12 charges of misconduct proved against him. Shiner raised a myriad of allegations that British troops tortured...

Sweden announced Thursday that it has agreed upon a new framework for its climate policy. The framework promises zero greenhouse emissions by 2045. Pending approval from parliament, the bill will go into effect in January 2018. Long-term goals...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ordered Russia to pay more than 63,000 euros for arresting Alexander Navalny multiple times between March 2012 and February 2014. The Court held that Russia repeatedly and unjustifiably...