The Parliament of Catalonia voted Thursday to hold an independence referendum next September. This move has exacerbated tensions with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy , whose party has consistently rejected Catalan's attempts...

Pakistani lawmakers voted unanimously Thursday to strengthen the penalties for those convicted of murder in connection to honor killings. The new law provides for mandatory life imprisonment , even if the family of the victim forgave the...

The Zambian Police on Wednesday arrested two leaders of the United Party for National Development (UPND) , the main opposition party. Hakainde Hichilema, president of UPND, and his deputy Geoffrey Mwamba were arrested for suspicions of sedition...

The Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) criticized UN peacekeepers in South Sudan Wednesday for their failure to protect civilians during an outbreak of fighting in the country that took place in July. The report [text,...

The threshold for entry into force of the Paris Agreement on combatting climate change was achieved on Wednesday. The threshold of 55 parties making up more than 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions triggered the...

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Washington ruled Tuesday that four former high-ranking Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officials must testify in depositions in a lawsuit against two psychologists who designed...

Germany's Federal Court of Justice ruled Thursday that relatives of the victims of a 2009 airstrike in Afghanistan are not entitled to compensation. The court held that international law does not award damages or...

Following mass protests in Poland , legislators have reversed their positions and rejected a near-complete abortion ban. Members of the lower house of parliament voted 352-58 Thursday against the proposed legislation. Some are cautioning that this recent reversal...

A spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Tuesday that Zeid is "seriously concerned" about human rights violations in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir . Rupert Colville, the spokesperson...

The Harare High Court in Zimbabwe on Tuesday upheld a 30-day ban against protests in the capital. The lawsuit was brought by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) on behalf of many organizations, and challenged the ban based...