Ireland's Parliament, the Houses of Oireachtas , passed the Gender Recognition Bill on Wednesday, which allows transgender people over 18 legal recognition of their preferred gender and changes in their birth certificate. Ireland President Michael Higgins...

Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday asked for the court's prosecutor to review her decision not to investigate the 2010 Israeli raid of a flotilla headed for the Gaza Strip. Review of the...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday issued a court order ending an investigation into the 2012 campaign of Governor Scott Walker .The investigation, which was initiated by Milwaukee County District Attorney John T. Chisholm [official...

A South Carolina judge on Thursday set July 11, 2016 as the trial date for Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black church members attending Emanuel AME Church in Charleston last month. Roof is charged with...

The US Senate on Thursday passed a bill to revamp the controversial 2001 No Child Left Behind Act . The bill comes as part of an effort to overhaul the old law and give more flexibility...

Over 60 South Koreans were indicted Wednesday in an investigation into corruption involving defense procurement projects. Of the indicted individuals, two are former navy chiefs of staff, 10 are current or former military generals, one is a...

Germany's Lüneberg District Court on Wednesday sentenced 94-year-old man dubbed the "accountant of Auschwitz" to four years in prison for his role in the killing of 300,000 people. Last week prosecutors asked for...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday accused Syria's main Kurdish militia of violating the child soldier ban. The militia has been the main force for combating the Islamic State group within the country, and has...

A group of UN rights experts on Thursday called for the UN Security Council to take action to prevent an escalation of violence in Burundi ahead of presidential elections. Groups in the country are clashing...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI on Wednesday announced that a joint effort between law enforcement agencies across 20 countries has led to the seizure and shutdown of the online forum...