The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Fatou Bensouda , on Thursday renewed her calls to the UN Security Council and the international community to support her office's efforts in tackling impunity and...
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UN Secretary-General (UN SG) António Guterres on Friday appointed UK's Mark Lowcock as Under-Secretary-General (USG) in the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and as Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC). Lowcock...
Advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned Monday that there are "systemic failures, such as unreasonable delays in care and unqualified medical staff leading to "dangerously subpar" medical care in US immigration detention centers. The...
Former acting US Attorney General Sally Yates testified before a Senate judiciary subcommittee on Monday stating that she had warned about former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's vulnerabilities to blackmail by Russia less than a week after President Donald...
The state of Arkansas on Thursday held the execution of Ledell Lee, the first in the state in 11 years. The sentence was carried out following the denial earlier that day by the US Supreme Court [official...
Physician Jumana Nagarwala, was charged Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on minors out of a medical office in Livonia, Michigan. According to...
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix described the security situation in Mali as "alarming" during his first briefing on Thursday. While acknowledging the progress resulting since the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali ...
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has acknowledged receipt of a signed letter from Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon formally demanding a second referendum on Scotland's independence from the UK. In her letter, Sturgeon expressed frustration...
The recently-impeached South Korea President Guen-Hye Park was arrested Friday on charges of bribery, coercion, abuse of power, and leaking government secrets. Park may be facing an additional nine other charges and can be held behind bars for...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday ordered an expedited schedule for the appeal of a lower court ruling blocking the travel ban executive order by President Donald Trump . The...
