UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee on Monday strongly condemned the murder of Muslim lawyer Ko Ni, who was shot to death on Sunday outside of an airport in Myanmar....

The government of Argentina made changes to the country's immigration laws on Monday that will make the deportation of alleged criminals easier and restrict entry for those with an outstanding criminal case in other countries, according to a post in...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte , who was elected last May after campaigning on a promise to be extremely harsh on drug users , announced the suspension of the island nation's "war on drugs" during a press conference...

Turkey threatened to scrap an agreement with Greece on refugees and migrants on Friday if eight soldiers from Turkey are not retried in Greece. The soldiers fled Turkey for Greece following last year's failed coup. Greece's Supreme Court...

The US District Court for the Eastern District of NY in an emergency ruling Saturday stayed the execution, until further notice, of an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump , which would restrict access to the...

The State Duma , Russia's lower house of the Federal Assembly, gave final approval to a bill Friday that decriminalizes "assaults that inflict physical pain but do not cause bodily injury that threatens the...

The Supreme Court of India on Friday rejected a public interest litigation seeking an all-India ban on cow slaughter. The order sought a total ban on the slaughter of all cattle including calves or a writ of mandamus...

France published a decree on Thursday which, as of Friday, prohibits businesses from offering unlimited soft drinks. The decree, approved in 2015 by the French Parliament in an effort to reduce the...

France's Constitutional Council, struck down a section of the Law on Equality and Citizenship on Thursday that expanded the definition of parental authority in the Civil Code to include rejecting all cruel, degrading and humiliating treatment, including...

A Pakistani man who was convicted of killing a cleric in 2002 can be executed , according to the Supreme Court of Pakistan Friday, despite having been diagnosed with schizophrenia. The court stayed the execution ...