Colombia's Constitutional Court on Tuesday approved the government's plan to expedite a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) . The court ruled 8-1 to allow President Juan Manuel...
Qatar's new labor reforms, which take effect Tuesday, fail to provide adequate protections for migrant workers, Amnesty International (AI) said in a report released Monday. The country replaced it previous 2009 sponsorship law with...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday accused Syrian pro-government forces of going door to door and systematically killing civilians in at least four neighborhoods. The killings have reportedly resulted in...
Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission on Sunday announced that a referendum to give the government more power has passed. The referendum gives more control to the prime minister by bestowing the...
The UK government said Monday it will use its terrorism laws to ban a neo-Nazi group, marking the first time such a step has been taken. The move would make it a crime to be a...
The Irish High Court will hear a new challenge to Brexit after tens of thousands of pounds were raised, according to reports Sunday. The challenge contends that Article 50 is revocable once it is...
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said Saturday that he will challenge the election results before his country's Supreme Court. Jammeh had unexpectedly conceded defeat after the elections commission announced the victory of opposition candidate Adama Barrow. However, Jammeh has...
South Korean lawmakers on Friday voted to impeach President Park Guen-hye. The final vote count was 234 to 56, well beyond the two-thirds majority needed for the impeachment motion to pass. More than 60 members from Park's conservative...
A UN report released on Thursday stated that failure by parties in eastern Ukraine to implement the Minsk Agreements has led to numerous human rights violations against Ukrainian civilians. This has mainly become a concern for those who...
The Dutch disctrict court of Haarlem said Friday that Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch right wing political party, Party for Freedom , has been convicted of inciting discrimination. The incident in...