Israel has decided to open a dialogue with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on an investigation into Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip last summer according to a Thursday report by Israeli newspaper Haaretz. An...

South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley signed into law a bill on Thursday to remove the Confederate flag from the state's legislature. The South Carolina Senate approved the bill Tuesday...

India's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the country's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to open an investigation into the deaths of a number of people connected to a college admission and government job recruitment scandal. The...

Officials from South Korea's National Intelligence Service said on Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has unleashed a "reign of terror" in North Korea by executing more than 90 officials since taking power in 2011....

Thailand on Thursday deported 109 Uighurs back to China despite international warnings that the refugees will experience severe treatment upon returning. Significant opposition to the decision erupted as pro-Uighur protesters attacked the Thai consulate...

Ugandan police on Thursday arrested two presidential candidates planning on challenging current President Yoweri Museveni . Former Ugandan Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi , who had announced his intention to run for president last month and...

The Obama administration on Wednesday announced new rules requiring cities and towns to address racial disparities in their housing practices. The new rules, announced at a press conference in Chicago by Secretary Julian Castro...

A Baghdad court on Wednesday sentenced 24 alleged members of the Islamic State (IS) to death for the killing of hundreds of Iraqi soldiers during the group's raid across the country last year. The men were convicted...

A US district court on Wednesday sentenced former North Carolina State Assembly member Stephen Laroque to 24 months in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit he ran. Last January Laroque...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Wednesday issued an emergency plan to combat the ethic driven civil unrest in the southern city of Ghardaia. It is reported that 22 people have died due...