Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday issued a call to Philippine authorities to drop political charges against Senator Leila de Lima, who has spoken against President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs. The charges brought against...

US Republican senators announced on Sunday that they are planning to introduce a bill further sanctioning Iran for testing ballistic missiles and attempting to "destabilize" the Middle East. Tehran recently increased international tensions after testing ballistic missiles...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday that Iraqi forces, backed by the US, have begun their offensive push into the western sector of the city of Mosul, currently occupied by the Islamic State (IS). IS forces have...

Following Bosnia-Herzegovina's vow to appeal a 2007 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling clearing Serbia of genocide during Bosnia's civil war, many fear political crisis may be brewing in the Balkans. Serbia's foreign minister, Ivica...

The three-member UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan called Friday for the establishment of an independent system to investigate violations in South Sudan. The establishment of the system would help with the integration of the hybrid...

Samsung's would be head Lee Jae-yong (Jay Y Lee) was arrested in Seoul on Friday on charges of bribery and undue influence in connection with a scandal involving South Korea President Park Geun-hye. In...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday welcomed The Gambia's decision to remain in the International Criminal Court (ICC) . According to a statement Guterres issued through a spokesperson, he "welcomes that The Gambia will remain a State Party...

The Parliament of Finland voted 120-48 on Friday to confirm a law allowing same-sex marriage . The law faced opposition from the Genuine Marriage Initiative , a conservative group that sought...

The Netherlands has proposed new legislation that will empower its government to block or undo mergers in the telecommunications sector. According to a statement from the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs [official website, in...

A Swedish court of appeals on Wednesday upheld the life sentence of a man convicted of genocide during the 1994 Rwanda genocide . The Svea Court of Appeal in...