The newly-inaugurated President of The Gambia promised Saturday to end human rights violations in his country and ordered the release of 171 inmates who had been detained without a trial. President Adama Barrow's inauguruation...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday issued a call to Philippine authorities to drop political charges against Senator Leila de Lima, who has spoken against President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. The charges brought against...

US Republican senators announced on Sunday that they are planning to introduce a bill further sanctioning Iran for testing ballistic missiles and attempting to "destabilize" the Middle East. Tehran recently increased international tensions after testing ballistic missiles...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday that Iraqi forces, backed by the US, have begun their offensive push into the western sector of the city of Mosul, currently occupied by the Islamic State (IS). IS forces have...

John Kelly , Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) , signed several memos on Friday detailing plans to facilitate the detention and deportation of immigrants in the US illegally. According to the guidelines,...

US Magistrate Judge James Donohue on Friday ruled that Daniel Ramirez Medina , a Mexican immigrant-detainee, must be granted a bail hearing during the pendency of his immigration case . Ramirez Medina was granted permission to...

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled against Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine in his state's challenge to the certain tax aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The lawsuit, brought on behalf...

Following Bosnia-Herzegovina's vow to appeal a 2007 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling clearing Serbia of genocide during Bosnia's civil war, many fear political crisis may be brewing in the Balkans. Serbia's foreign minister, Ivica...

According to Texas election officials, hundreds of people were allowed to improperly cast ballots in the recent presidential election, evading the state's stringent voter ID law, by signing affidavits in lieu of showing their photo ID. State election...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) joined a whistleblower lawsuit on Thursday against UnitedHealth Group . The suit claims that the country's largest health insurer, and its affiliates, were overcharging the Medicare...