Justice Timothy Kerr of the Queen's Bench on Monday entered an injunction ordering prison officers back to work after the officers stopped work complaining of an increase in violence. The 24-hour protest was in reaction to increasing...

The Indian Supreme Court declined Tuesday to stay the demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes initiated by the government. However, the court requested that the government file an affidavit detailing the steps...

The German Federal Constitutional Court on Tuesday rejected a request by the Bundestag Committee of Inquiry into NSA Activities that the German government release the US National Security Agency (NSA) Selector List of...

Egypt's Court of Cassation on Tuesday overturned the death sentences of former President Mohamed Morsi and five fellow leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. During the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, Morsi allegedly conspired ...

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged the Kenyan government to cease coercing refugees into leaving the Dadaab refugee camp and returning to Somalia. The Kenyan government announced its intention to close Dadaab, the world's largest refugee...

Hong Kong's high court on Tuesday prohibited two newly-elected lawmakers from taking their seats in Hong Kong's Legislative Council following their recent refusal to declare allegiance to China. Upon taking their oaths last month, Baggio Leung and...

US President Barack Obama on Monday acknowledged the difficulties he has encountered trying to shut down the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, blaming his failure on congressional restrictions. On his second day in office in 2009, Obama issued...

Reports of US war crimes committed during, and in the aftermath of, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 provide a "reasonable basis" for further investigation, the International Criminal Court (ICC) determined in a report released...

The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) on Tuesday urged the UN and African Union to intervene and stop an impending genocide in Burundi. The plea for intervention is based on a...

The UK Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) said in a report Monday that it can find no clear evidence that Saudi Arabia has violated international humanitarian law (IHL) in Yemen. Conceding that it has been "unable...