The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday that EU companies, under permitted conditions, may ban employees from displaying political or religious symbols, including Islamic headscarves. In a related case, the ECJ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Tuesday for measures to release detainees in Syria in his address to the UN Human Rights Council . The Independent International Commission of Inquiry...

The Colombian Senate Monday approved a transitional justice structure that will attempt to bring reparations to the more than 8 million victims of the decades-long conflict between the Colombia government and the...

Seven convicted felons on Monday filed suit alleging Florida's process of restoring voting rights to felons is unconstitutionally arbitrary. The complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida by the Fair Elections...

Taiwanese prosecutors indicted former president Ma Ying-jeou on Tuesday on charges of leaking classified information and state secrets. The Taipei District Public Prosecutor's Office indicted Ma after a six-month investigation and now alleges that Ma...

Five states joined a Washington suit on Monday challenging the revised Trump administration executive order restricting immigration from six majority Muslim nations. The states are seeking an injunction to stop the ban before it goes into effect...

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif stated on Tuesday that blasphemy is an "unpardonable offense" and ordered the state to remove such content from social media. In a Twitter post through the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz [official...

The UN expert on human rights in North Korea, Tomas Ojea Quintana called Monday for a inquiry by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) into the death of the estranged brother of North Korean Leader...

Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a new bill on Monday declaring that the death penalty may only be imposed by a judge upon unanimous recommendation from the jury. Florida's executions have been on hold...

The UK Parliament passed the Brexit bill on Monday after the House of Commons voted 273 to 135 to overturn suggested amendments to the bill and sent the bill back to the House...