The French National Assembly on Tuesday voted to preserve, within the constitution, a process for declaring a state of emergency following the deadly terrorist attacks last year. The draft constitutional law, "Nation Protection,...

A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Monday that at least 21 people died in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in attacks aimed at Hutus, with 40...

The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of the UK Parliament released a report on Monday outlining its concerns with a proposed bill that plans to expand data collection and Internet spying. The Investigatory Powers Bill...

South Africa's Constitutional Court on Tuesday heard the case against President Jacob Zuma over expensive home renovations. The charges come after the president made more than 20 million dollars in home upgrades. In...

The Israel Parliament on Monday approved the first reading of a non-governmental organizations (NGO) transparency bill that would require any NGO that receives foreign political funding must publish the contributions. The bill, which passed in a...

The Syrian government is systematically exterminating detainees, the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) reported Monday. The report details that thousands of detainees held by the Syrian government have been...

Maldives police arrested a judge and former prosecutor general on Sunday for issuing an arrest warrant for current president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom without police consent. Yameen's spokesman identified the arrested men as Judge Ahmed...

The international Venice Commission, a branch of the Council of Europe , began an investigation Monday into Poland's recent changes to its Constitutional Court . The review was requested by Polish officials after the...

The Algerian Parliament on Sunday approved a package of constitutional reforms by a vote of 499-2, with 16 abstentions. The reforms include a two-term limit for the office of the president and recognition of the Amazigh...

A Kenyan member of parliament (MP) on Friday evening called for all judges of the Kenyan Supreme Court to resign after it was recommended that a tribunal investigate Justice Philip Tunoi for allegedly accepting a Sh200 million...