The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday threw out a lawsuit by former Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad claiming he was tortured. The appeals court affirmed the district court in refusing...

The primary challenger to incumbent Zambian President Edgar Lungu , Hakainde Hichilema , on Saturday accused the country's electoral commission of colluding with the Patriotic Front (PF), the ruling party, to manipulate the results of...

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Friday blocked the diversion of public funds from Planned Parenthood clinics across Ohio. Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio and Planned Parenthood of...

A Venezuelan appeals court in Caracas on Friday upheld the more than 13-year sentence of opposition leader Leopoldo López. The sentencing of the Corte de Apelaciones del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) [official website, in...

Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said on Saturday that comments made by a top UN human rights official were unacceptable. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein previously stated that he had...

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) , South Korea's antitrust regulator, confirmed on Friday that the country is investigating whether Google violated the country's antitrust laws. The KFTC's statement comes as a surprise as a...

A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reiterated previous calls to Australia Friday to end offshore detention on Nauru. The press release notes various reports of violence, sexual assault,...

Amnesty International said Thursday that a suspected chlorine gas attack in Aleppo could amount to a war crime . The BBC reported Thursday that the Syrian government is suspected of using a chlorine gas attack in Aleppo,...

The New Jersey Second Amendment Society filed a lawsuit on behalf of a New Jersey man, Mark Cheesman, against the state's Attorney General in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey...

Four South Carolina students and a non-profit filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of South Carolina Thursday challenging the state's "Disturbing Schools Law" . The plaintiffs are challenging the law,...