A court in El Salvador will reopen an investigation related to the Mozote Massacre of 1981 which occurred during the country's Civil War, according to human rights lawyers on the case Saturday. Lawyers from the Center for Justice and International...

Low voter turnout has invalidated the referendum from Sunday in which Hungarian citizens voted to oppose any EU mandatory placement of refugees. The proposed plan sought to share 160,000 asylum seekers throughout the 28-member bloc through imposition...

Colombian voters on Sunday narrowly rejected the peace deal negotiated between President Juan Manuel Santos and Timoleon Jimenez, the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The deal, rejected by 50.2 percent of voters,...

The Mohawk band council of Akwesasne in Canada has introduced its own legal system independent of the country's federal system. This marks the first instance of an indigenous people creating its own legal system in Canada. While...

Hungarian citizens gathered on Sunday to vote on a European Union (EU) referendum regarding the relocation of refugees and migrants among member states. The proposed plan seeks to share 160,000 asylum seekers throughout the 28-member...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) electoral commission announced on Saturday that the next presidential election, originally scheduled for November, would be pushed back to 2018. The commission stated that it needs more time to prepare supplies and...

UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng condemned remarks made by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte comparing his war on drugs to the genocide of Jews by Hitler. Duterte addressed...

Hedge fund manager Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (Och-Ziff) has agreed to pay a $412 million settlement, of which up to $213 million are criminal penalties imposed in connection with a widespread scheme involving the...

The European Commission on Thursday announced that it has sued the United Kingdom (UK) for failure to protect harbor porpoises as ordered by the European Union's (EU) Habitats Directive . With the species population dwindling...

The Kyrgyzstan Supreme Council on Thursday voted in favor of holding a constitutional referendum that would give more power to the country's prime minister. Should the related parliamentary bill be passed in two...