A French court acquitted 14 companies accused of bribery on Thursday for negotiating contracts as part of the UN oil-for-food program with the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein . The oil-for-food program allowed...

Pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmakers voted Thursday to reject a bill that would have allowed Hong Kong's leader to be elected by the general public. After a lengthy debate, 28 legislators voted against the proposal, enough to defeat the...

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression David Kaye on Wednesday issued a report calling the use of anonymity and encryption software in digital communication vital to free speech. Kaye noted that...

The Ukraine Prosecutor General on Wednesday revealed that two government soldiers have been detained for alleged links to the murders of two women who sympathized with armed separatists from the east. It is reported that...

A Bahraini court on Tuesday sentenced prominent Shiite leader Sheikh Ali Salman to four years in prison for insulting the Interior Ministry , inciting others to break the law, and inciting hatred against naturalized Sunnis. Salman...

The European Court of Justice handed down a ruling Tuesday that strengthened the role of the European Central Bank (ECB) in mediating financial markets. The Court upheld the ECB's 2012 offer to purchase the...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday renewed calls for womens and girls to be given equal access to education. A discussion panel held by OHCHR said equal educational...

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for war crimes committed during the 1971 War of Liberation against Pakistan. Mojaheed, the Secretary-General of Jamaat-e-Islami Party (JI)...

An Egyptian court upheld the death sentence of deposed president Mohammed Morsi on Tuesday after consulting the grand Mufti, Egypt's highest religious figure and a government advisor on Islamic law. The death sentence was...

UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday renewed his call for the country to repeal the Human Rights Act and institute its own bill of rights in an article for the Sun newspaper . Cameron...