UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned Boko Haram on Sunday for the group's alleged involvement in a triple suicide attack on the Chadian island of Koulfoua on Lake Chad Saturday that left more than 30 dead and...

Iraqi government officials ordered Turkey on Saturday to withdraw hundreds of troops deployed near Mosul, the largest city currently controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants. Iraqi President Fouad Massoum stated that the deployment was...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights Office (OHCHR) announced on Friday that it has received reports that human rights violations against Sunni Arab communities by Iraqi and Kurdish security forces are...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated Saturday that various UN organizations will sponsor a summit in 2016 to promote progress in addressing worldwide climate issues. During the UN climate change conference (COP21) , the secretary-general...

Samsung and Apple released a joint statement Thursday with the US District Court for the Northern District of California saying that Samsung will pay Apple $548 million by Dec. 14 for infringing Apple's...

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday granted an emergency stay of a lower court's order for immediate disclosure of planned lethal injection drugs and their chemical suppliers. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen ...

A Salvadoran judge on Thursday ordered former president Francisco Flores to stand trial on corruption charges. Flores is charged with embezzlement and illegal enrichment for allegedly diverting USD $15 million from Taiwanese donation to his personal and...

A Dominican court on Wednesday blocked a new law that would have decriminalized abortion if a pregnant woman's life was at risk, thus reinstating a total ban on abortion within the country. The Constitutional Tribunal's ruling, which upholds a law...

The Hungarian government on Thursday filed a challenge in the European Court of Justice to the EU's quota plan that will distribute refugees throughout the member states. Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban believes that migrants...

Ecuador's National Assembly on Thursday passed a constitutional amendment lifting presidential term limits, beginning in 2021. The 16 constitutional amendments were approved in a vote of 100-8 in a legislature where sitting President Rafael Correa's political...