Swiss voters on Sunday voted to approve a new surveillance law allowing their national intelligence service broad powers to spy on 'terrorist' suspects and cyber criminals, as well as the ability to cooperate with foreign intelligence agencies. While Switzerland is...

Pakistani police are committing serious human rights abuses , Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Monday, calling for a complete overhaul of the country's police system. The report , "This Crooked System," looks at the history of the...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will enact laws to have stricter regulations on the sale and operation of drones, according to a statement by the country's General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Monday. The regulations will focus on [Reuters...

Bosnian Serbs voted in a referendum Sunday to maintain January 9 as a national holiday in defiance of a court ruling. The date remembers January 9, 1992, when ethnic Serbians declared their own state within Bosnia...

The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Congo , Jean-Claude Gakosso, embraced the country's new constitution on Saturday before the UN General Assembly , which he said will improve political, economic and social governance. The...

Attacks in Aleppo, Syria's capital, were called a "breach of international humanitarian law" in a joint statement by EU officials on Saturday. The EU is urging countries with influence on the parties to encourage negotiations to cease the attacks...

The Brazil Supreme Court approved a motion by prosecutors to open a preliminary investigation into accusations from Sergio Machado, former Transpetro head, that president Michel Temer sought illegal campaign donations in 2012. It was revealed by the Supreme...

Two former employees of Wells Fargo filed a class action lawsuit on Thursday on behalf of employees whom they claim were penalized over the last 10 years for following the rules and not meeting sales quotas....

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday struck down a procedure implemented by the Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted that effectively eliminated inactive voters from registration rolls if they...

Chief Justice Patricia Breckenridge of the Missouri Supreme Court announced at the joint annual meeting of the Missouri Bar and the Judicial Conference in Lake Ozark on Thursday new mandatory standards of practice and procedure for municipal...