International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Monday announced a "preliminary investigation" into allegations that the Burundi government, headed by President Pierre Nkurunziza, committed various human rights violations over the past year. In a...

Guatemalan Attorney General Thelma Aldana on Friday accused former Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina of accepting part of a $25 million bribe while in office. Pérez Molina, who is already awaiting trial on...

The United Nations Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) attempt to fire a ballistic missile in clear violation of UN resolutions. Referring to North Korea by its formal...

Wisconsin trial judge William Foust on Friday struck down a Wisconsin law that would bar unions from reaching agreements to force private-sector workers to pay the equivalent of union dues. Signed into law last year,...

A Belgian federal prosecutor announced Friday that five Islamic State (IS) members have been arrested in connection with the March 22 Belgium terror attacks that took 32 lives. Among those detained was Mohamed Abrini [SkyNews...

Salem al-Muslet, leader of the main faction opposing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad , on Saturday said that Assad and various security officials must leave office for his faction to agree to a transitional government. The High Negotiations Committee (HNC)...

Canadian indigenous people, including Inuits of Nunavut and the Chippewa, were granted an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada earlier this month, challenging the use of seismic testing to find natural gas under the Davis...

A Northern Virginia man pleaded guilty Friday to attempting to provide the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) with material support and to attempting to join the terror organization. Joseph Hassan Farrokh...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday expressed concern over increased violence and rights violations in Burundi, and called for an "inclusive political dialogue" to end the...

Cooperation among judges is vital to combating terrorism and upholding the rule of law around the world, UN officials said Thursday. In an effort to " counter-terrorism measures within the human rights and legal frameworks," the UN brought together...