A group of UN experts for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) urged the government of the Philippines on Monday to address reports of human rights violations that include threats against indigenous...

An Austrian court in the District of Feldkirch found a man guilty of violating the country's anti-Nazi laws on Monday for his claims that the mass killing of Jews in gas chambers is a fictitious story. Austria's Prohibition...

Violent protests in Venezuela broke out on Sunday as the nation held a controversial election for a new assembly that would have the power to rewrite the nation's constitution. Activists clashed with security forces in retaliation against...

Foreign ministers from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates stated on Sunday that the four nations are open to dialogue with Qatar regarding the 13 demands imposed against the Gulf state early last month....

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday ordered the US to reduce its number of diplomats in the country to 455 and evacuate two buildings used by the embassy. The Ministry said the change is in response to pending...

A Mendoza court sentenced four former federal judges to life in prison for crimes against humanity carried out during Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship. The judges were originally tried as accomplices for failure to investigate [Mendoza Post report, in...

The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) released a report stating that same-sex relationships are still illegal in 72 countries around the world. The report identifies these 72 nations as "criminalising States"...

Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, the leader of a militia in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), turned himself in to UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) on Wednesday. The DRC took out a warrant [Reuters...

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Demoractic People's Republic of Korea , Tomas Ojea Quintana , is asking North and South Korea to open discussions concerning human rights following his second visit...

The US House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday regarding sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, with a vote of 419-3. The sanctions against Iran are for the country's ballistic missile program, terrorism related...