The Supreme Court of South Korea on Tuesday upheld a law that forbids an unfaithful spouse from filing for divorce. The 7-6 ruling was the result of a challenge to the law by a...

The Argentina Armed Forces has released documents revealing that Argentinian soldiers were tortured and abused by their superiors during the Falklands War in 1982. It is reported that many low level soldiers faced...

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Tuesday that Germany was entitled to cut of unemployment benefits to a Swedish family who migrated to the country and held temporary jobs. The case involved...

The US government, on order from federal judge Gladys Kessler , has released eight redacted videos showing forced feedings at Guantanamo Bay prison. The videos, released to the US District Court for the District of Columbia ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday released a letter to Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour encouraging the strengthening of amendments proposed to the country's 1960 penal code to better protect human rights. The articles, which are...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Monday, gave the opening statement at the 30th session of the Human Rights Council in which he addressed, among other pressing human rights...

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Saturday accepted the resignation of his prime minister and and his cabinet. The resignation comes after former Agriculture Minister was detained on Monday, after an investigation headed...

The president of Yemen on Sunday backed out of talks arranged by the United Nations (UN) with Shiite rebels. It was announced by his office that there would be no talks until the rebels accept...

Germany announced, on Sunday, that it is invoking temporary border controls at the nation's southern border with Austria, after thousands of immigrants entered the country in recent days. Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière announced at a new...

Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on Friday was sentenced by a Venezuelan court to over 13 years in prison for inciting violence in nationwide protests in 2014. Lopez, a former Caracas borough...