UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement released on Friday urged all concerned countries to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2030, calling it a “violent practice" scarring girls for life , endangering their...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday urged nations affected by the Zika virus to review their laws and allow women access to contraceptive devices and abortion . The commissioner reported that...
Amnesty International (AI) on Monday condemned the reinstatement of Nigeria's senior military general, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed, who is alleged to have actively participated in the mass murder of hundreds of detainees at the Giwa barracks...
Thailand published a draft of its twentieth constitution on Friday amid concerns that it would be insufficient in resolving long-running troubles and that it may contribute to a weak civilian government under the sway of the military. The draft constitution...
A court in India on Friday convicted six of the eight accused of gang raping and murdering a 20-year-old college student in the Kamduni village district of the state of West Bengal. The conviction comes after more...
Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Monday vetoed bills aimed at granting full adoption rights to same-sex couples and at removing restrictions on abortions . The president stated that the legislation represents a...
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Thursday rejected a bid to block the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP) . A three-judge panel of the DC Circuit...
Myanmar began the process of releasing the first set of 102 mostly political prisoners on Friday days before a democratic power transfer takes place in Myanmar's parliament . The democratic party led by Aung San Suu Kyi...
Authorities in Germany arrested an unidentified 26-year-old Algerian man on Monday on suspicion of committing sexual assault during New Year's Eve celebrations in Cologne. The man, who is reported to be an asylum seeker, is accused of...
Iran has condemned the US for imposing new sanctions in connection with the country's missile defense program. The sanctions were imposed Sunday by the US Treasury Department against 11 companies and individuals connected to Iran’s ballistic...
