The Scottish government on Tuesday announced its intention to join the lawsuit challenging British Prime Minister Theresa May's right to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty , which would officially start the UK's...

The Philippines Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that former dictator Ferdinand Marcos may be placed in the nation's "Heroes' Cemetery" despite public uproar denouncing the burial. In August human rights victims filed a petition against the...

A North Carolina federal judge on Monday rejected a motion for preliminary injunction filed by state Democrats accusing Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign of promoting voter intimidation on election day. According to the Democratic Party...

Prosecutors for the EU have determined that a former judge for the EU's Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) did not solicit or accept bribes. Judge Francesco Florit had been accused of taking bribes to...

The US Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday in a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) case that will impact the president's power to temporarily fill vacant agency positions. began as an...

The UK has infringed upon the rights of disabled persons starting with welfare reforms in 2012 , according to a report issued Monday by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities . The...

The European Commission has filed suit against Germany alleging that the country violated the 1991 Directive concerning nitrate levels in water. The EU argues that Germany flouted the directive by failing to reduce levels...

The Chinese government on Monday approved a controversial cybersecurity law that the government hopes will protect Internet users and minimize fraud, however, human rights organizations and members of the cybersecurity field have come out against it. Calling...

In a short order issued on Sunday, a three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled in favor of Donald J. Trump for President and the Ohio Republican Party by staying...

Milivoje Katnic, Montenegro's Chief Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime, on Sunday, accused a group Russian nationalists of attempting to stage a coup aimed at overthrowing the government on election day. On October 16, a group of 20 Serbian...