Ethiopia's opposition leader and leader of the Oromo ethnic group, Tiruneh Gamta, demanded on Saturday the release of all political prisoners "regardless of any political stand or religion or creed." The Oromo ethnic group, representing the largest group among the...

Ireland's cabinet on Friday agreed to join Apple in appealing the European Commission's €13 billion ruling against the tech giant. The commission's ruling, issued in late August, determined that Ireland granted...

US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday formally committed their nations to the Paris Agreement , a pact seeking to reduce carbon emissions and halt climate change. The world's first comprehensive climate pact,...

Malaysian government minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan confirmed on Friday that Prime Minister Najib Razak is the unnamed official involved in the nation's recent national wealth fund scandal. In 2009 Razak established the fund known as...

In a press release Friday a UN rights expert expressed on-going concerns for the safety of persons with albinism in Mozambique, while at the same time recognizing that the nation had taken successful steps to improve conditions. Specifically, the...

France's anti-terror prosecutor, Francois Molins, announced his decision Friday to hand down harsher criminal charges, with sentences up to 30 years, for returning French jihadists from Iraq, Syria, and other areas where the Islamic State...

A court in Nice, France, on Thursday struck down the ban on full-body "burkini" swimsuits in the city of Nice after the city authorities continued with the ban, defying last week's ruling by France's highest administrative court. The...

Former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has appealed to the Federal Supreme Court following her removal from office. Arguing that her right to due process had been violated, Rousseff appealed to the Supreme Court...

The UN said on Thursday that civilians bear the biggest brunt of terrorism and violence in Iraq, reporting that civilians "accounted for more than two-thirds of those killed or injured in the month of August."...

A report by Amnesty International (AI) Thursday condemned Gabon security forces for using excessive force against protesters after the country's disputed election. Alioune Tine, AI's West and Central Africa director, stated that these actions must...