A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday denied a motion for preliminary injunction challenging the New York law that makes it a misdemeanor...

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) on Friday urged the EU to better address Hungary's "sustained attack" on human rights and democracy since Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ...

Bridget Kelly and William Baroni, former New Jersey officials under Governor Chris Christie , were found guilty Friday of all counts against them for the 2013 lane closings on...

One year after the disastrous collapse of a mining dam in Brazil, UN experts called on the Brazilian government, Samarco, Vale, and BHP Billiton Friday to refocus recovery efforts. The statement urged officials to act on...

The US Supreme Court issued an order on Thursday granting a last-minute stay of execution just as state officials in Alabama were preparing to execute Thomas Douglas Arthur by lethal injection. The application for the stay was...

For the first time in history, governments around the world have agreed to legally binding limits on global temperature rises as the Paris Agreement on climate change became effective on Friday. All governments that have ratified...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Thursday denied the Pennsylvania Republican Party's effort to allow out-of-county poll watchers to monitor precincts on election day. Judge Gerald Pappert stated...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a challenge Wednesday to an Arizona election law. The Ninth circuit, in a 2-1 opinion turned down a legal challenge regarding thrown out ballots...

The EU's "hotspot approach" to processing refugees is pressuring Italian authorities to use illegal procedures, according to an Amnesty International (AI) report released Thursday. The report was composed after conducting interviews with more than...

The justice minister of South Africa on Thursday submitted a bill to parliament seeking withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Tshililo Michael Masutha , the Minister of Justice of South Africa, presented the bill due to...