Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday accused Iraqi Shiite militias of carrying out "revenge attacks" against Sunnis in wake of an Islamic State (IS) suicide bombing attack at a local cafe. The militia group has...

Former president of El Salvador Francisco Flores died Saturday in San Salvador while under house arrest and waiting to stand trial on embezzlement charges. Officials from his Nationalist Republican Alliance party say that the cause of death was...

Mass graves in Iraq are being disturbed , which could lead to destroyed evidence in proving possible genocide committed against the Yazidi, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released on Saturday. Dozens of Yazidi people...

The Prosecutor's Office of Sao Paulo has subpoenaed former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as they investigate a possible money laundering scheme linked to the Petrobras scandal. Prosecutors in the Petrobras investigation allege that...

The Supreme Court of Guatemala on Thursday rejected a request to strip a member of congress of his immunity from prosecution for allegedly overseeing grave human rights violations during the country's civil war. Edgar Justino Ovalle is a top adviser...

Thailand published a draft of its twentieth constitution on Friday amid concerns that it would be insufficient in resolving long-running troubles and that it may contribute to a weak civilian government under the sway of the military. The draft constitution...

A court in India on Friday convicted six of the eight accused of gang raping and murdering a 20-year-old college student in the Kamduni village district of the state of West Bengal. The conviction comes after more...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Chinese government on Friday to overturn a verdict sentencing three human rights activists, including a lawyer, in the Guangdong province to up to five years in prison. The individuals were...

Amnesty International (AI) reported Friday that satellite images show five possible mass graves in Buringa, Burundi, which may be connected to last month's infamous massacre. On December 11, security forces killed at least...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Friday his office is investigating allegations of sexual abuse against children in the Central African Republic (CAR) by EU forces. Most of the alleged abuse...