Although hostilities have significantly declined in Ukraine, "serious human rights concerns persist," the UN said Wednesday in a new report . The UN attributes this decrease in hostility to the August 26 ceasefire , as certain...

Amnesty International (AI) said Tuesday that the Islamic State (IS) is in possession of a "large and lethal" arsenal due to decades of reckless arms trading and the poorly regulated international flow of weapons into Iraq....

Prosecutor Col. Sita Sangare, Burkina Faso's director of military justice, on Sunday announced charges filed last week against General Gilbert Diendere for complicity in the assassination of former president and revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara in 1987. Diendere, the...

The Armenian Electoral Commission on Monday announced that Armenia's constitution will be amended as a result of Sunday's referendum. However, opposition MP's and independent European observers have alleged serious irregularities in the...

Iraqi government officials ordered Turkey on Saturday to withdraw hundreds of troops deployed near Mosul, the largest city currently controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants. Iraqi President Fouad Massoum stated that the deployment was...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated Saturday that various UN organizations will sponsor a summit in 2016 to promote progress in addressing worldwide climate issues. During the UN climate change conference (COP21) , the secretary-general...

A Salvadoran judge on Thursday ordered former president Francisco Flores to stand trial on corruption charges. Flores is charged with embezzlement and illegal enrichment for allegedly diverting USD $15 million from Taiwanese donation to his personal and...

A Dominican court on Wednesday blocked a new law that would have decriminalized abortion if a pregnant woman's life was at risk, thus reinstating a total ban on abortion within the country. The Constitutional Tribunal's ruling, which upholds a law...

The Hungarian government on Thursday filed a challenge in the European Court of Justice to the EU's quota plan that will distribute refugees throughout the member states. Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban believes that migrants...

Ecuador's National Assembly on Thursday passed a constitutional amendment lifting presidential term limits, beginning in 2021. The 16 constitutional amendments were approved in a vote of 100-8 in a legislature where sitting President Rafael Correa's political...