The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals placed a temporary injunction on Wednesday on an order from Utah Governor Gary Herbert which would have ended the state's contract with Planned Parenthood and cut federal funding...

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged both parties to the Burundian conflict yesterday upon the resumption of talks between Burundian stakeholders that continued dialogue between the parties is needed to prevent a relapse...

Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi , a recent recipient of the prestigious European human rights award, the Sakharov Prize, has suffered fainting spells and deteriorating health owing to the lengthy hunger strike he initiated more...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed to all the parties involved in the Yemen conflict to allow the safe passage of food to the city of Taiz where people have been going hungry for...

Christoph Strässer, Human Rights Commissioner for EU-member Germany, on Tuesday stated that Turkey should not receive a "discount" on meeting human rights criteria to join the EU . Strässer condemned Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan,...

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled Wednesday that the state's lifetime ban on convicted criminals gaining full-time employment in nursing homes and long-term care facilities was unconstitutional. The unanimous decision supported the plaintiffs' claim that section...

A court in Bangladesh sentenced two men to death and six others to prison on Thursday for murdering Ahmed Rajib Haider, an atheist blogger known by the name of Thaba Baba, in 2013. Those convicted included seven...

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York in an opinion made public on Tuesday, decided that two shareholder class actions against Facebook Inc. , alleging that the company hid concerns...

Members of Venezuela's Socialist Party who lost legislative seats in elections earlier this month filed challenges on Tuesday disputing the election of eight opposition candidates. The opposition, Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), won 99...

A top UN official on Tuesday called on Burundi to form a "nationally-led and owned effort" to find a solution to the violence the country has faced. Jamal Benomar , the Secretary-General's Special Advisor, also stated ...