The European Parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to reject the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in a vote of 39 in favor and 478 opposed, with 165 abstentions. The ACTA is designed to...

UN Chief Military Observer in Syria Major-General Robert Mood on Thursday stated that he believed Syrian authorities were committed to implementing the peace agreement that was reached earlier this week. Mood confirmed that the Syrian...

The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday passed a language bill that would allow Russian to be spoken in official settings in particular regions of the country. The legislation, which would allow Russian in courts, education and other government institutions [AP...

Two Illinois county clerks, represented by the Thomas More Society , on Friday filed a motion in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois seeking permission to defend the state's law [750 ILCS 5...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called on the UN member states to establish a comprehensive arms treaty to limit the flow of conventional arms to terrorists and criminal networks. Speaking at the UN Conference on the...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged the government of Sri Lanka to end arrests and office raids of journalists who publish content critical of the government. HRW noted two recent instances where police raided...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday expressed concern about a proposed media law in Afghanistan that would increase government authority to regulate the press. According to HRW, the new law would place greater oversight authority...

Bahraini authorities have brought charges against 15 police officers for alleged "mistreatment of inmates in custody," according to a press release by the Bahrain Information Affairs Authority (IAA) . The charges were brought after the government received...

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld a South Carolina program allowing public high school students to earn credit for religious courses taken off campus during the school day. The program...

Greek police exhibit a pattern of using excessive force and violence against demonstrators and administrative detainees, including migrants, Amnesty International (AI) reported Tuesday. AI criticized Greek authorities for referring to instances of police violence as...