Amnesty International (AI) warned Monday that the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) is insufficiently equipped to handle dangers of instability and deadly violence to civilians in Central African...

A Kenyan member of parliament (MP) on Friday evening called for all judges of the Kenyan Supreme Court to resign after it was recommended that a tribunal investigate Justice Philip Tunoi for allegedly accepting a Sh200 million...

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Friday refused to reinstate Attorney General Kathleen Kane's law license while investigations persist into her alleged leak of grand jury materials. Kane requested that the court reinstate her law...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called on North Korea's government to stop violating international obligations after a missile launch conducted by the country. The launch, which the statement calls "deplorable," violates "relevant Security Council resolutions"...

Turkey must ensure that fewer refugees enter Greece by the time EU leaders meet later this month, European Commissioner Johannes Hahn said Saturday. Hahn stated that a reduction was expected when Turkey agreed to an action plan two...

The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Aristide Nononsi, on Friday called for an end to conflict in Darfur between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid which may have...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday sent a letter to Guinea Prime Minister Mamady Youla, urging him to ensure that any government oversight on telecommunications respects individual privacy. On January 6, 2016, the Autorité de Régulation des Postes...

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on Thursday released a statement finding that Julian Assange , founder of the controversial website WikiLeaks , has been arbitrarily detained in the UK since 2010. Assange...

The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would end a Department of Justice (DOJ) initiative aimed at removing certain industries from the banking system. The Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2015...

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday found that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) violated federal law through its handling of multi-year lease costs for its offices. CFTC was authorized by Congress...