UN experts on Wednesday urged governments around the world to protect rare plants and animals. According to UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox,The rapid loss of biological diversity around the world should be...

US President Donald Trump signed a bill on Tuesday that revokes gun restrictions on those with mental illnesses. During the Obama administration, individuals who received social security checks for mental illnesses and were deemed unfit to manage their...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that law enforcement can take blood samples from unconscious drivers without a warrant in certain situations. The court stated that these circumstances include when delaying would lead to the...

Italian President Sergio Mattarella granted a partial pardon Tuesday for ex-CIA officer Sabrina De Sousa related to the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric form a Milan street in 2003. The cleric, Hassan Mustafa Osama...

A UN expert on Wednesday issued a report criticizing the "hyper-financialized" housing market. Leilani Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, addressed the issue to the Human Rights Council in Geneva. She said, "ousing has lost...

Parties involved in the Syrian conflict committed war crimes against civilians as they fought for control of Aleppo between July and December 2016, according to a report released by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on...

The UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) released a report Wednesday describing human rights violations committed by soldiers of the Forces armèes de la Rèpublique dèmocratique du Congo (FARDC) and agents of the Police Nationale Congolaise...

A Dutch court in the northern city of Assen ruled Wednesday that the Netherlands Petroleum Company (NAM) is liable for the emotional suffering of claimants whose homes were damaged from earthquakes caused by drilling. NAM...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in Dean v. United States . The court must determine whether its decision in Pepper v. United States limits the discretion of district courts...

Spain's Supreme Court dismissed a petition on Tuesday that sought to exhume the body of former dictator Francisco Franco and move the remains to a different location. Baltasar Garzón, a former judge, proposed to...