UN Secretary-General António Guterres said Wednesday that the new US order on Syrian refugees "should be removed sooner rather than later." Drawing a comparison to the US history on the "forefront of refugee protection," Guterres said...

The UK House of Commons on Wednesday approved HC Bill 132 , which empowers Prime Minister Theresa May to notify the EU of the UK's intent to withdraw. Known as the "European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill," the...

Freedom House , an "independent watchdog organization," released its 2017 Freedom in the World report , listing North Korea as one of the least-free nations in the world. The report lists North Korea as one of its 11...

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday clarified in a press briefing that Donald Trump's executive order limiting immigration does not apply to individuals admitted for permanent residence. Trump issued the controversial executive...

A group of former NFL cheerleaders filed a lawsuit against the National Football League (NFL) on Wednesday over wages. The complaint states that the league underpaid them and prohibited cheerleaders on one team to compare wages with those...

The nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council (NDRC) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of illegally rescinding a rule that reduced the discharge of mercury from dental offices. The complaint...

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Jeff Sessions for US attorney general on Wednesday. All 11 Republicans on the committee backed Sessions' nomination, while all nine Democrats opposed him. It is estimated the full Senate...

Leaders of multiple African countries announced Wednesday that they have backed a "strategy of collective withdrawal" from the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Prior to this weeks' African Union (AU) summit, the AU issued a document seen...

Myanmar police announced on Wednesday that they have arrested four people in connection with the killing of prominent Muslim human rights lawyer, U Ko Ni. The lawyer was shot in the head at Yangon International Airport...

Russian news agencies reported Wednesday that three Federal Security Service (FSB) officials and one executive from the Kaspersky Labs cyber security company have been charged with treason. Two of the FSB officials have been identified as Sergei...