Following mass protests in Poland , legislators have reversed their positions and rejected a near-complete abortion ban. Members of the lower house of parliament voted 352-58 Thursday against the proposed legislation. Some are cautioning that this recent reversal...

US government contractor Harold Thomas Martin III was arrested in August on charges that he stole government property, including classified documents, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Wednesday. The complaint alleges that Martin, who had a...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Salman v. United States . The court is faced with an insider trading crime and must determine whether the personal benefit element requires proof...

A spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Tuesday that Zeid is "seriously concerned" about human rights violations in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir . Rupert Colville, the spokesperson...

The Harare High Court in Zimbabwe on Tuesday upheld a 30-day ban against protests in the capital. The lawsuit was brought by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) on behalf of many organizations, and challenged the ban based...

Myanmar has abolished a law from 1950 that was used by the military to jail dissidents within the country. Myanmar's President, Htin Kyaw, signed new legislation abolishing the Emergency Provisions Act on Tuesday. The Act provided...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday refused to hear a claim by the Marshall Islands that the world's nuclear powers failed to halt the nuclear arms race. The court found [NDTV...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) sent a delegation to Israel and Palestine Wednesday for a five-day visit aimed at education and outreach in the region. The ICC stated that the trip will not serve to gather evidence...

The UN expert on freedom of religion or belief Tuesday condemned Yemen for the nation's arbitrary arrest and detention of people belonging to the Bahá'í religious community. The expert, Heiner Bielefeldt , explained that "ny arrest or...

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday ruled that same-sex couples that never marry are entitled to the same parental rights as heterosexual couples. This decision arose out of a suit seeking parental rights filed...