UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave his condolences to the Cuban people and the family of the nation’s former President Fidel Castro, who passed away late Friday night. Ban spoke on the last...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan threatened to send a new wave of migrants to Europe following a vote to halt negotiations over European Union membership yesterday. The discussions were focused upon whether to continue negotiations with Turkey...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Thursday expressed hope that a new peace deal between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government would help bring an end to a...

The UK has one of the highest levels of premature deaths from nitrogen dioxide (NO2) air pollution in the EU according to a 2015 report published Wednesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA) . According to the EEA...

The European Parliament voted on Thursday to halt EU accession negotiations with Turkey due to the government's "disproportionate repressive measures" after a failed coup in July. This vote is non-binding, but represents a strong message...

In a 7.8% increase from 2014, 2.9 million patent applications were placed worldwide in 2015 according to a new report released Wednesday by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) . Over one million of those patents...

The German Federal Constitutional Court said Wednesday that it cannot hear a case over Internet royalties to news content creators brought by Yahoo, Inc. The suit was filed as a reaction to Germany changing...

The Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia upheld the life sentences of two top Khmer Rouge officials Wednesday while reversing in part and affirming in part a list of...

The President of the UN Human Rights Council, Ambassador Choi Kyonglim , on Tuesday announced that the UN commission investigating human rights violations in Burundi is to be staffed by Fatsah Ouguergouz of Algeria, Reina Alapini...

A Rome court on Tuesday rejected an appeal challenging the wording of a political reform referendum in Italy. Brought by former constitutional court judge Valerio Onida , the challenge alleged that grouping...