An Israeli court on Tuesday convicted Yosef Haim for the 2014 murder of a Palestinian teenager that led to a 50-day war in Gaza. Haim entered an insanity plea, but the court rejected his plea stating he was aware...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in United States v. Texas on the Obama administration's controversial immigration policy. The question before the court is whether a state that...

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari from an appeal by three book authors and their advocacy group, the Authors Guild , claiming Google was violating copyright law...

Election Justice USA on Monday is filing a suit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York claiming that the state has fraudulently changed the registration of thousands of voters which bars...

The UN reported Monday that violence in Afghanistan has injured health and education personnel, reducing available health care and restricting children's' access to fundamental health and educational services. The study , prepared by UNICEF and the UN Assistance Mission...

An Italian referendum held on Sunday failed to draw enough votes to shorten the number of currently existing offshore oil and drilling sites for environmental purposes. If the referendum had successfully achieved a majority vote, drilling sites...

New data from a South Korean think-tank shows that despite minor progress in certain areas, UN efforts at improving human rights in North Korea have not led to real improvement. The Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) [official...

Bangladesh's minister of law on Sunday told the press that the arrest of a well-known magazine editor, Shafik Rahman, was not politically motivated. Recently, Rahman was named the convener of the international affairs committee for the opposition Bangladesh National...

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-1 in Welch v. United States that the court's 2015 decision in Johnson v. United States created a substantive rule of constitutional law and...

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed a bill on Sunday legalizing medical marijuana. The bill establishes a statewide program, which will take 18 to 24 months to implement and will allow patients with serious medical...