People who lack the capacity to consent are being detained without appropriate checks and balances, according to a report released by the UK Law Commission Monday. According to the report, people with dementia and learning...

Gustavo Gallon , the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Haiti, called Monday for increased aid to victims of Hurricane Matthew. In his initial report , Gallon recounted visiting High School Nord Alexis, a...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Monday that his state would be joining Washington and Minnesota in their lawsuit against President Donald Trump's revised executive order banning citizens from six Muslim-majority countries...

An Egyptian public prosecutor announced on Monday that former president Hosni Mubarak will be released from detention in a military hospital. During a retrial this month, Mubarak, who was overthrown in 2011, was cleared of...

A three-judge panel of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled Friday that the boundaries of three voting districts violated the Voting Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the...

Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland , said Monday that she will seek a referendum to allow Scottish citizen to vote on independence from the UK ahead of the British exit from the EU ,...

The EU said Monday that Moldova needs to do more to encourage an independent judiciary and investigate bank fraud in a released Monday. The report follows the EU-Moldova Association Agreement , which fully entered force in...

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere confirmed on Sunday that a Tunisian man responsible for a deadly museum attack in Tunisia in 2015 will be deported. Maiziere said, "I can confirm that the talks between us and the Tunisian side...

A federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin granted a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's revised immigration ban on Friday to a Syrian asylum seeker and his family. The...

Volkswagen (corporate website) plead guilty to fraud, obstruction of justice, and falsifying statements on Friday as required by the $4.3 billion settlement agreement between the German auto manufacturer and the US Department of Justice Department (DOJ)...