The Israel High Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that a law exempting ultra-Orthodox Jews from compulsory military service is unconstitutional . Israel has mandatory military service, but a 2015 law allowed the defense minster...

The European Commission said Tuesday that Poland must address actions it has recently taken to undermine its own judicial system and the independence of Polish judges. In July the Polish Parliament , under the...

Last month marked a welcome trend in the Ukrainian conflict, with civilian deaths decreasing for the first time in three years, according to a report released Tuesday by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights...

The council of Iraq on Tuesday denied the referendum petition of Kurdistan to permit its independence. The council voted to keep Kurdistan in its region despite its ongoing tensions to maintain the...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Tuesday that five airstrikes launched by a Saudi-led coalition against Yemen in June amount to war crimes due to the indiscriminate killing of 26 children. In 2015, the coalition began...

The British Parliament on Monday approved a bill to continue the process of withdrawal from the EU. The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill passed by 326 votes to 290 after a lengthy debate ...

A Beijing intermediate court sentenced two brothers to life in prison on Tuesday after ruling that the brothers' peer-to-peer lending company, Ezubao, was a Ponzi scheme. One of the brothers, Ding Ning, was founder of the...

Australia's Coalition Party on Tuesday released a proposed bill to add extra protections to a same-sex marriage postal survey mailed out to the general public. The survey asks the public to vote on whether same-sex marriage should...

The Neubrandenburg state court announced on Tuesday that it is ending the trial of former SS medic Hubert Zafke after experts determined he is unfit to stand trial because of his dementia. Zafke, 96, was charged with...

The Congress of Guatemala voted Monday against lifting immunity for President Jimmy Morales over allegations of illegal campaign financing.This development comes just after a Guatemala congressional committee recommended that Morales' immunity be voided to...