The Venezuelan Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked four recently elected lawmakers from taking their seats in the General Assembly . Three are anti-government and one is member of the socialist party ....

Gambia's parliament approved a bill on Thursday banning female genital mutilation (FGM) and setting high penalties of imprisonment and fines for offenders. The passage of the law comes a month after Gambian President Yahya Jammeh condemned...

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged both parties to the Burundian conflict yesterday upon the resumption of talks between Burundian stakeholders that continued dialogue between the parties is needed to prevent a relapse...

Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi , a recent recipient of the prestigious European human rights award, the Sakharov Prize, has suffered fainting spells and deteriorating health owing to the lengthy hunger strike he initiated more...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed to all the parties involved in the Yemen conflict to allow the safe passage of food to the city of Taiz where people have been going hungry for...

Christoph Strässer, Human Rights Commissioner for EU-member Germany, on Tuesday stated that Turkey should not receive a "discount" on meeting human rights criteria to join the EU . Strässer condemned Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan,...

A court in Bangladesh sentenced two men to death and six others to prison on Thursday for murdering Ahmed Rajib Haider, an atheist blogger known by the name of Thaba Baba, in 2013. Those convicted included seven...

Members of Venezuela's Socialist Party who lost legislative seats in elections earlier this month filed challenges on Tuesday disputing the election of eight opposition candidates. The opposition, Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), won 99...

A top UN official on Tuesday called on Burundi to form a "nationally-led and owned effort" to find a solution to the violence the country has faced. Jamal Benomar , the Secretary-General's Special Advisor, also stated ...

Belgian prosecutors on Tuesday said that authorities have taken into custody two people suspected of plotting New Year's Eve attacks of popular tourist spots in Brussels. According to their statement, police on Sunday and Monday conducted raids around...