The highest court in Venezuela, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice , on Tuesday ruled that the Venezuelan National Assembly may not review the appointment of 13 justices to the high court. The 13 justices...

South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have required public school students to use the bathroom or locker room corresponding to their sex at birth. In a statementDaugaard said that the...

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. In Nichols v. United States the court heard arguments on whether the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)...

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company against a 2005 Vermont health care law that required health insurance providers to release data regarding the amount paid on...

The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) released a report Tuesday condemning Greece for police abuse, poor prison conditions and mistreatment of detained juveniles. The report details...

A federal lawsuit was filed on Monday against the governor of Mississippi challenging the state flag, the last one in the country that bears the Confederate battle emblem. Carlos Moore, the Mississippi native and civil rights lawyer that...

A UN human rights body was urged Monday to place more of a focus on women in disaster reduction and relief measures. Speaking to a special convention on the relationship between gender and disaster reduction and climate...

The head of the UN mission in Kosovo said Monday that Kosovo is set to face "complex challenges" this year and should shift focus towards more fundamental issues "such as the intrinsic links between post-conflict development, enforcement of...

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Tuesday that Germany may place "residence conditions" on refugees. The case was brought by a Syrian couple who, upon arriving in Germany, were made aware that as...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Monday denied a Department of Justice (DOJ) request to order Apple to disable the security of an iPhone that was seized...