The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Federal Supreme Court on Monday sentenced a Kuwait lawmaker for his comments and criticism directed to the UAE and state officials. Last year Kuwaiti lawmaker Mubarak al-Duwailah criticized Abu Dhabi's...

A Russian Court on Monday banned the Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology. The court banned the church stating that it does not comply with federal laws on freedom of religion because 'Scientology' is a US...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Monday declared that corruption is a "standing threat to our national security" . Kenyatta's comments come amid criticism that he has lost the fight against corruption. Noting that "the bribe...

Belgian prosecutors said Monday that they have charged a fourth suspect in connection with the Paris attacks. Mohammed Amri and Hamza Attou have been charged , along with two unnamed individuals, for aiding Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam,...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith, warned Monday that the increasing polarization of the political parties in Cambodia is reaching a breaking point. Smith is concerned about the possible...

A UN human rights expert on Monday advised Nigerian officials to halt mass, unlawful evictions and demolitions in the region of Badia, Lagos, exoressing concern over the homelessness resulting from a lack of adequate housing and compensation to...

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday pardoned 30 former guerrilla soldiers in jail for non-violent crimes. Yesid Alvarado Reyes , Colombian Minister of Justice and Law, explained that...

Bahrain has tortured detainees in the years following the country's 2011 protests , despite a government promise to stop such abuses, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Sunday. The report is based on testimony offered by...

Two senior opposition leaders in Bangladesh on Sunday were executed for war crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence with Pakistan. One of the men, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, was sentenced for crimes that included murdering Bengali nationalists...

President Obama, on Sunday, ordered an assessment of whether intelligence reports from US Central Command (Centcom) were changed by supervisory military personnel before formal submission to present a more optimistic picture of the American military campaign against...