Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as South Africa's president in a parliamentary vote on Thursday after former president Jacob Zuma resigned, ending his nine year presidency, in the face of a pending no-confidence vote. Ramaphosa is expected...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Wednesday detailing flaws in Germany's Act to Improve Enforcement of the Law in Social Networks. . The law, which went into effect at the beginning of the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday denied one group's secession from an Alabama school district on racially discriminatory grounds, reversing a previous decision by the U.S. District Court for...

The Nairobi High Court on Thursday revoked lawyer Miguna Miguna's deportation, declaring it illegal because it was issued in contempt of court. Miguna was deported to Canada earlier this month after he “swore in” opposition...

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the process the state uses to choose its lethal injection drugs in constitutional. Roy Ward, an inmate on death row, argued that the process was unconstitutional because a change...

A group of UN experts urged the US government Wednesday to respect the rights of human defenders after concerns involving Maru Mora Villalpando, a Mexican immigrant activist who campaigns to protect migrants' rights. Villalpando, co-founder of a group...

Ahmad Khan Rahimi was sentenced to two life terms in prison for both his execution and attempted execution of bombings in New York City on September 17, 2016. Rahimi placed two explosive devices in the Chelsea neighborhood of...

The UN International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and the Guatemala Special Prosecutor for Impunity , a division of Guatemala's public ministry, on Tuesday arrested former president Álvaro Colom and 10 former cabinet members on corruption and...

Oregon's House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill to amend the constitution to make access to health care a fundamental right. The amendment would add a section to the state's constitution that reads: "It is...

The Dutch senate on Tuesday narrowly approved legislation revising organ donor registration to make automatic registration for organ donor status the default. Under the bill, people would have to opt-out if they...