The Myanmar military's "campaign of violence" against Rohingya people constitutes crimes against humanity , according to an Amnesty International (AI) report on Monday. According to AI, the Myanmar military is responsible for unlawful killings, multiple rapes, and...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Thursday expressed concern over proposed legislation in Israel that would retroactively legalize the Israeli outposts constructed on privately-owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank....

The Ohio Legislature passed the "Heartbeat Bill" on Tuesday that would ban abortions when the heartbeat of the fetus can be detected. The bill would make it a fifth degree felony to perform an...

UN officials urged the international community on Wednesday to unite with the UN Security Council to protect civilians in the war-torn eastern Aleppo region of Syria. UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura,...

Judges for the US District Court for the Middle District Court of North Carolina ruled Tuesday that North Carolina must redraw congressional districts by March 15, 2017, and hold special primary and general elections by next fall. The...

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 US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a lower court ruling that a class action lawsuit regarding the Flint, Michigan, water crisis should be decided in state court. The lawsuit was...

US authorities are using excessive force against protesters in North Dakota who are trying to halt a proposed oil pipeline project, according to a UN human rights expert on Tuesday. According to Maina Kiai, the UN Special Rapporteur...

Voters in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota approved Marsy's Law on Tuesday, adding rights for crime victims to their state constitutions. Montana's measure passed through with nearly 66 percent of the vote ; North Dakota's measure [amendment,...

Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected Amendment 69 (ColoradoCare) , which would have created the state's first universal health insurance program, with 80 percent of voters voting against the initiative. According to Coloradans for Coloradans , ColoradoCare...