Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has established a new constitutional court that will be inaugurated Monday with the swearing in of the last justice. The court, which will hold supremacy over all others, was quietly created by presidential decree, but those...

A former Serb general suspected of war crimes against Albanian civilians has been detained, police and a Kosovo-based human rights group reported Friday. Behxhet Shala of the Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms and police spokesperson...

A UN human rights expert on Friday called on the international community to put an end to financial secrecy in wake of the recent release of thousands of confidential financial documents known as the "Panama Papers" ....

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday warned about child torture and urged a commitment to end it. At the 43rd session of the Board of Trustees of the UN Voluntary Fund...

Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Court issued a nonbailable arrest warrant on Friday against former president and military leader Pervez Musharraf for detaining more than 60 judges after declaring a state of emergency in 2007. The proceedings were held without Musharraf [Express Tribune...

A Belgian federal prosecutor announced Friday that five Islamic State (IS) members have been arrested in connection with the March 22 Belgium terror attacks that took 32 lives. Among those detained was Mohamed Abrini [SkyNews...

The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed Friday that it has opened a criminal investigation into Tata Steel , looking into activity that took place at the Specialty Steels unit in the UK. Tata Steel...

The South Africa Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed for leave to appeal the unfavorable judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) concerning the government's failure to detain Sudan President Omar al-Bashir...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated on Thursday that European Union states are violating international law by breaking their migrant pact with Turkey, by not allowing the country to extradite suspected terrorists. Speaking at a ceremony in...

Courts in Belgium heard cases on Thursday concerning the attacks in Paris. One of the hearings concerned whether Salah Abdeslam would be remanded in custody before being transferred to the French government. Last week following a...