Thailand on Thursday deported 109 Uighurs back to China despite international warnings that the refugees will experience severe treatment upon returning. Significant opposition to the decision erupted as pro-Uighur protesters attacked the Thai consulate...
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Ugandan police on Thursday arrested two presidential candidates planning on challenging current President Yoweri Museveni . Former Ugandan Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi , who had announced his intention to run for president last month and...
The Obama administration on Wednesday announced new rules requiring cities and towns to address racial disparities in their housing practices. The new rules, announced at a press conference in Chicago by Secretary Julian Castro...
A Baghdad court on Wednesday sentenced 24 alleged members of the Islamic State (IS) to death for the killing of hundreds of Iraqi soldiers during the group's raid across the country last year. The men were convicted...
A US district court on Wednesday sentenced former North Carolina State Assembly member Stephen Laroque to 24 months in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit he ran. Last January Laroque...
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Wednesday issued an emergency plan to combat the ethic driven civil unrest in the southern city of Ghardaia. It is reported that 22 people have died due...
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday set the execution dates of three inmates who had previously challenged the use of the drug that will be used in their lethal injections. This...
Russia's Federation Council on Wednesday announced it plans to add 12 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to a list of groups that will be investigated for undermining the government. The...
California lawmakers on Tuesday ended their legislative efforts to allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives in the state. The right-to-die bill had been amended several times over the past half year. The law...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed concern over a new national security law which increases China's cyber security powers. The law calls for an increase...
