According to a report released Monday, the Obama administration conducted a $1.3 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia last year despite warnings that such contribution to the country's activities could implicate the US for war crimes. The information...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday reiterated a call for an international investigative body in Yemen to handle allegations of violations of international human rights laws . following an attack on...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault stated Monday that France intends to pursue avenues for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to initiate an investigation into the alleged war crimes committed by Syrian and...

Qatar initiated a public awareness campaign Monday to educate workers about the new labor laws that will take effect in December. Many migrant workers are employed in Qatar, and the new laws are intended to make it easier...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled against Native American tribes on Sunday, allowing construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline to move forward. The Standing Rock Sioux and the Cheyenne River...

The Florida Democratic Party filed a federal lawsuit on Sunday against Governor Rick Scott requesting he extend the voting registration period in the state an extra week due to Hurricane Matthew. Currently the voter...

The Ethiopian government declared a national state of emergency on Sunday. This is the first time that a state of emergency has been declared in the country in 25 years, since the ruling party came into power. Prime...

The Federal Supreme Court of Iraq ruled Monday against Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's proposal to eliminate the mainly ceremonial roles of Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister. The court reasoned that these roles are...

A group of UN human rights experts spoke Friday on the subject of the death penalty and terrorism, calling the death penalty ineffective , and often times illegal, in deterring to terrorism. Speaking ahead of the World Day Against...

David Kaye, the top UN expert on free expression, stated Friday that reports that Yahoo allowed the US government to search hundreds of millions of customers' e-mails "raise serious human rights concerns." According to recent reports ,...