The UN International Commission Against Impunity reported that approximately a quarter of the money used for Guatemalan political campaigns is from criminal groups. The main criminal group being drug traffickers. The report...

After suicide bombings last Sunday in Fotokol by two women wearing burkas, Northern Cameroon on Wednesday banned women from wearing burkas and face-covering veils. The suicide bombers smuggled the bombs into public areas by hiding them under their veils. The...

Ireland's Parliament, the Houses of Oireachtas , passed the Gender Recognition Bill on Wednesday, which allows transgender people over 18 legal recognition of their preferred gender and changes in their birth certificate. Ireland President Michael Higgins...

Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday asked for the court's prosecutor to review her decision not to investigate the 2010 Israeli raid of a flotilla headed for the Gaza Strip. Review of the...

Over 60 South Koreans were indicted Wednesday in an investigation into corruption involving defense procurement projects. Of the indicted individuals, two are former navy chiefs of staff, 10 are current or former military generals, one is a...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday accused Syria's main Kurdish militia of violating the child soldier ban. The militia has been the main force for combating the Islamic State group within the country, and has...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI on Wednesday announced that a joint effort between law enforcement agencies across 20 countries has led to the seizure and shutdown of the online forum...

Kuwait prosecutors announced Tuesday that 29 people will face trial for their participation in the suicide bombing of a Shiite mosque last month, which left 26 people dead and 227 others critically injured. According to the Kuwait News Agency...

China's state media on Tuesday criticized recently-detained human rights lawyers for actions it says undermine the rule of law. The crackdown on human rights lawyers comes as part of a larger push by President Xi Jinping [BBC...

Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Monday released Bahrain Center for Human Rights president Nabeel Rajab citing health reasons. Despite the release, the US State Department and...