A federal judge on Thursday ordered the detainment of a Volkwagen AG (VW) executive charged in the company's emissions scandal. Judge Sean Cox of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan held that...

The House Budget Committee on Thursdayapproved a proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The 19-17 vote, which received opposition from both parties, sends the American Health Care Act to...

The Israel High Court of Justice recognized on Wednesday the ties of several Jerusalem-born Palestinians, calling them "native-born residents." The judges ordered Israel to restore the residency of a Jerusalem-born Palestinian who came...

UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism Ikponwosa Ero on Thursday called on Malawi to take action to protect people with albinism from attacks. Recently there have been several...

Privacy International , a rights group devoted to promoting and protecting the privacy rights of individuals worldwide released a report on Wednesday documenting serious human rights abuses such as torture, extrajudicial killings and disappearances that have...

The judge presiding over the USS Cole bombing case, US Air Force Col. Vance Spath, said Wednesday that he plans to set a 2018 trial date for the case. The judge stated that he anticipates that it will...

UN rights experts urged the Philippines legislature on Thursday to reject a proposed death penalty bill that would reintroduce capital punishment for drug-related offenses. Specifically, the bill authorizes death penalty for the "import, sale, manufacture, delivery and distribution" of...

A front-runner for the 2018 Mexican Presidential election, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , filed a complaint Wednesday with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against US President Donald Trump's proposed border security...

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order to an Afghan man trying to enter the US on a Special Immigration Visa, which are granted to those who have assisted...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday denied an en banc rehearing regarding US President Donald Trump's original immigration order. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) had previously...