Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on Friday sent a letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting and investigation into the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth after the deaths of two inmates—60-year-old Henry Stewart and 24-year-old mentally ill Jamycheal Mitchell. Stewart had filled out an emergency grievance form at the jail on August [...]

South Sudan consented to the addition of another 4,000 UN peacekeeping troops to the existing force of 14,000 soldiers, under intense pressure from the UN, US and the rest of the international community. The announcement was made in a joint statement issued Sunday at the end of a meeting between South Sudan President Salva Kiir [...]

Members of the international community have called upon Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas to end his hunger strike. Several people have pleaded with Fariñas to end his hunger strike, a protest begun following government officers brutalizing him earlier in July, saying that he can do more alive than dead for promoting democratic reforms in Cuba. According [...]

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte declared the country in “a state of lawlessness” on Saturday following a suspected terrorist attack in Davao City on Friday. Duterte expressed his belief that the explosion, which killed 14 people and injured at least 71 more, was an act of terrorism and declared a “state of lawlessness” , which would [...]

Israel agreed to permit officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) to visit the country and the occupied territories, according to statements made by an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman on Sunday. However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not officially agreed to the visit. Specific details, including the timing of the visit, are still under discussion [...]

Bangladesh executed a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami party on Saturday for war crimes committed during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence. Mir Quasem Ali was accused of murder, confinement, torture, and inciting religious hatred. In all, five leaders of the party have been executed for war crimes in the country in recent years. Ali was arrested [...]

The Puducherry (former Pondicherry) Legislative Assembly ratified the Goods and Services Tax (GST) constitutional amendment passed by the Parliament of India earlier this month amid a walkout staged by the primary opposing party and ruling party of Tamil Nadu, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK or ADMK). All members of the All India [...]

Ethiopia’s opposition leader and leader of the Oromo ethnic group, Tiruneh Gamta, demanded on Saturday the release of all political prisoners “regardless of any political stand or religion or creed.” The Oromo ethnic group, representing the largest group among the protestors, is largely credited with starting the protests last November when the government announced its [...]

Ireland’s cabinet on Friday agreed to join Apple in appealing the European Commission‘s €13 billion ruling against the tech giant. The commission’s ruling, issued in late August, determined that Ireland granted Apple undue tax benefits that now must be recouped. By appealing, Ireland is refusing to accept the windfall from Apple, citing an interest in [...]

US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday formally committed their nations to the Paris Agreement , a pact seeking to reduce carbon emissions and halt climate change. The world’s first comprehensive climate pact, the Paris Agreement will only come into force after it is ratified by at least 55 nations comprising [...]