Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday announced an agreement with the US to resettle refugees currently in detention centers on the South Pacific islands of Nauru and Manus. The agreement will prioritize the resettlement of...

Delegates from the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Sunday called on officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to take greater responsibility to adopt a consensual and inclusive electoral calendar. A weekend...

The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) ruled Monday that a controversial West Bank settlement must be dismantled by December 25. The settlement, Amona , had been the subject of negotiations between the state and...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged Germany Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to push Turkey to cease post-coup abuses. Steinmeier will visit the country later this week, and HRW claims he will be in...

The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) reached a peace agreement Saturday to end the guerrilla warfare that has been plaguing the country for more than five decades. Meeting in Havana, the two sides solidified a...

Israel's Ministerial Committee for Legislation unanimously approved the Formalization Bill on Sunday, which will legalize outposts in the West Bank. These outposts had been previously built without permission from the Palestinians. In part, the bill was...

The United Nations on Friday announced new private initiatives on climate control at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Marrakech , and called for greater "business leadership" in renewable energy. Private-sector initiatives such as the Renewable Energy...

Brazil's Attorney General Rodrigo Janot on Friday warned that politicians involved in the Petrobras graft , the nation's largest-ever corruption scandal, are seeking to pass new legislation absolving themselves of punishment for any crimes. The...

The International Labor Organization (ILO) announced Wednesday that International Protocol P029 , an agreement seeking to end forced labor, officially entered into force. The agreement was adopted in 2014 and was ratified by nine countries. The ILO explained...

A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned reported violence against anti-corruption protesters and journalists in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi last week. The experts criticized what they called "a violent clampdown on...