China's anti-corruption Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) on Tuesday announced the launch of investigations into 26 government agencies and state-owned-enterprises (SOEs). The entities to be investigated include People's Daily Newspaper , Anshan Iron...

The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic released a report Tuesday stating that both government troops and opposition rebels are targeting civilians in Syria's civil war.The report says that the...

The State Administrative Court of Jakarta on Monday denied the clemency appeal of a French citizen sentenced to death on a drug trafficking charge. The appeal of Serge Atlaoui was an effort to reverse the...

The Supreme Court of North Korea on Tuesday sentenced two South Korean men to indefinite labor on subversion charges, according to the Korean Central News Agency of North Korea. Kim Kuk Gi and Choe Chun Gil...

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Monday released a report calling on Ireland to "take all necessary steps, including a referendum on abortion, to revise its legislation on abortion." The committee...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday announced the appointment of an independent panel to review the organization's handling of allegations that French and African soldiers sexually abused children in the Central African Republic from...

A report released Monday by the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict found that both Israel and Hamas may have committed war crimes during the conflict. The 51 day Gaza...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday warned of the record high number of refugees around the world as a result of increasing global conflicts. According to data collected by the UNHCR...

The UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) downgraded the security rating of Thailand's aviation sector from Category 1 to Category 2 on Thursday. The agency clarified that the designation as a "significant safety concern (SSC)...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday addressed the challenges of upholding the fundamental rights of children in war zones, stating that protecting children is a "moral imperative and legal obligation." The Secretary-General spoke on the issue...