The National Assembly of Cambodia approved legislation on Monday that sets rules for the creation and operation of trade unions. All 67 members of the ruling Cambodian People's Party voted for...
Former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia surrendered on Tuesday to a court after an arrest warrant was issued against her in connection with the firebombing bus attack last year staged in opposition of the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and several other rights groups on Tuesday urged Thailand to repeal an order granting sweeping police powers to the military, expressing concern that it will worsen human rights conditions. The law...
The US Department of Defense (DOD) on Monday announced the transfer of two Guantanamo detainees to Senegal. Libyan nationals Salem Abdu Salam Ghereby, 55, and Omar Khalif Mohammed Abu Baker Mahjour, about 44, were released...
The trial of three UN peacekeepers accused of sexual misconduct in the Central African Republic (CAR) began on Tuesday in front of a tribunal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Two of the peacekeepers are charged with...
Bela Biszku, a high-ranking Communist official convicted of war crimes committed during the aftermath of the Hungarian revolution , died on Thursday at the age of 94. When Soviet forces shut down the Hungarian uprising in...
Police and military raids in low-income communities in Venezuela are leading to allegations of widespread abuse, the Venezuelan Human Rights Education-Action Program (PROVEA) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a joint report issued Monday. Titled "Unchecked...
World leaders and other high profile individuals are hiding billions in off-shore accounts, according to reports Sunday that cite confidential documents leaked from a Panamanian law firm. The documents, coined the "Panama Papers" by the International Consortium of...
Azerbaijan on Sunday announced a "unilateral ceasefire" to the fighting with Armenian forces over the disputed area of Nagorno-Karabakh. The announcement comes a day after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for an immediate...
Polish citizens protested on Sunday a possible total abortion ban following the suggestion of the ruling legislative party's president. The ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party wants to bring the country's abortion policies in line with...