Elections are being held in several African countries on Sunday, a day many people have called "Super Sunday." Citizens in Benin, Cape Verde, Congo, Niger, and Zanzibar are voting for President, while voters in Senegal are voting...

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) addressed the agreement between the European Union (EU) and Turkey on Friday, stating that it is important to ensure safeguards in executing the agreement and to respect...

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...

Environmental law firm ClientEarth filed a lawsuit on Friday against the government of the UK for its alleged failure to combat illegal air pollution. The law firm filed papers stating that the UK experiences 40,000 early deaths from...

The Dusseldorf District Court ruled on Wednesday that Apple products infringe upon video streaming patents belonging to the Kudeleski Group , a Swiss security company. In 2014 Kudeleski filed three patent suits...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday criticized the Saudi Arabian coalition forces in Yemen for the more than 3,000 civilian casualties resulting from the conflict in just the past year. The...

EU leaders agreed to a deal with Turkey Friday to stem migrant flows, particularly of Syrian refugees, to Europe in return for financial and political incentive to Ankara. Under the terms of the deal , all migrants crossing...

Simone Gbagbo, formerly the Ivory Coast first lady will be tried for crimes against humanity on April 25, her lawyer said Friday. Gbagbo was already sentenced to 20 years in jail for attacking state authority, which occurred following...

North Korea defied the new UN and US sanctions by firing a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea on Friday. This development comes within days of the weapons tests ordered by Kim Jong-un which...