The UK House of Commons on Wednesday approved HC Bill 132 , which empowers Prime Minister Theresa May to notify the EU of the UK's intent to withdraw. Known as the "European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill," the...

Freedom House , an "independent watchdog organization," released its 2017 Freedom in the World report , listing North Korea as one of the least-free nations in the world. The report lists North Korea as one of its 11...

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday clarified in a press briefing that Donald Trump's executive order limiting immigration does not apply to individuals admitted for permanent residence. Trump issued the controversial executive...

Leaders of multiple African countries announced Wednesday that they have backed a "strategy of collective withdrawal" from the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Prior to this weeks' African Union (AU) summit, the AU issued a document seen...

Myanmar police announced on Wednesday that they have arrested four people in connection with the killing of prominent Muslim human rights lawyer, U Ko Ni. The lawyer was shot in the head at Yangon International Airport...

A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday said the executive order on immigration signed by US President Donald Trump breaches international human rights obligations . The order , signed last Friday, bars all nationals from...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International (AI) have criticized the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines as part of the war on drugs in the country. AI released a report on Tuesday related...

Israel authorized the construction of 3,000 housing units in the West Bank Tuesday, despite criticism from the international community, who argue that the land is seen by Palestinians as the site of their future state. This is the fourth and...

The government of Romania passed an emergency law on Tuesday decriminalizing corruption offenses and official misconduct in which the damages is less than €44,000. The measure is effective immediately and will also be applied to cases...

The UK announced Tuesday that thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted of sexual offenses received a posthumous pardon as their actions are no longer deemed illegal under British law. The pardon is part of the...