The French Senate on Thursday adopted a different version of a constitutional amendment that would deprive French citizenship or rights attached to it from dual nationals convicted of terrorism, essentially blocking the measure. For the amendment...

Environmental law firm ClientEarth filed a lawsuit on Friday against the government of the UK for its alleged failure to combat illegal air pollution. The law firm filed papers stating that the UK experiences 40,000 early deaths from...

The Georgia state legislature on Thursday approved a bill to allow faith-based establishments, including churches, schools and other organizations, to refuse service or employment to same-sex couples based on their religious beliefs. While groups such...

The Dusseldorf District Court ruled on Wednesday that Apple products infringe upon video streaming patents belonging to the Kudeleski Group , a Swiss security company. In 2014 Kudeleski filed three patent suits...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the city of Ferguson, Missouri, filed a settlement agreement on Thursday to conclude a lawsuit brought by the federal government last month. The settlement proposes an overhaul...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday criticized the Saudi Arabian coalition forces in Yemen for the more than 3,000 civilian casualties resulting from the conflict in just the past year. The...

EU leaders agreed to a deal with Turkey Friday to stem migrant flows, particularly of Syrian refugees, to Europe in return for financial and political incentive to Ankara. Under the terms of the deal , all migrants crossing...

Simone Gbagbo, formerly the Ivory Coast first lady will be tried for crimes against humanity on April 25, her lawyer said Friday. Gbagbo was already sentenced to 20 years in jail for attacking state authority, which occurred following...

North Korea defied the new UN and US sanctions by firing a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea on Friday. This development comes within days of the weapons tests ordered by Kim Jong-un which...

Top UN officials urged the international community on Thursday to develop human-rights-based responses for combating violent extremism as opposed to using a "security only" approach to dealing with the scourge. In a video message ...