Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Wednesday issued an emergency plan to combat the ethic driven civil unrest in the southern city of Ghardaia. It is reported that 22 people have died due...

Russia's Federation Council on Wednesday announced it plans to add 12 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to a list of groups that will be investigated for undermining the government. The...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday expressed concern over a new national security law which increases China's cyber security powers. The law calls for an increase...

Prosecutors have asked for three and a half years imprisonment for Oskar Gröening, who is charged with 300,000 counts of acting as an accessory to murder in Auschwitz before the Lüneberg District Court . Gröening, 94-year-old...

The nuclear negotiations between six world powers and Iran will continue beyond Tuesday's deadline until Friday, July 10. This is not an official extension of deadline , according to High Representative for the EU for...

An unnamed Australian man has allegedly bribed New South Wales judges with approximately $2.2 million in order to obtain less severe jail sentences, according to confidential police documents cited by Fairfax Media and Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Four Corners [corporate...

Two Moroccan women on Monday went on trial for gross indecency for wearing skirts that police characterized as "too tight." The women, hairdressers aged 23 and 29, were arrested in...

A UK judge on Monday sentenced former News of the World features editor Jules Stenson to a four month suspended prison sentence for his role in hacking the phones of celebrities and government officials. Stenson pleaded...

Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua said Monday that the country would not participate in Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) hearings over a territory dispute with the Philippines. At issue are a number of...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday called for India's prime minister Narendra Modi to open an investigation into the deaths of a number of people connected to an employment exam corruption scandal....