The US Treasury Department imposed new economic sanctions Thursday on 19 Russian individuals and five entities for their interference in the 2016 US election, and a number of other destructive cyber-attacks. The Treasury Department highlighted continuing Russian destabilizing...

Turkey's parliament on Tuesday approved legislation modifying electoral regulations, leading to a brawl on the chamber floor as the opposition says the new rules could lead to fraud and undermine the integrity of a slate of polls...

South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma is facing trial over 16 charges related to corruption, South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority boss Shaun Abrahams announced on Friday. The charges include one count of racketeering, two counts of corruption,...

Amnesty International (AI) called for a full investigation on Thursday into the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco. Franco, a 38-year-old human rights defender known for her outspokenness against police brutality, was shot dead...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report on Thursday detailing human rights violations that occurred during the early parts of the investigation into the kidnapping of 43 students from Ayotzinapa...

The Kyoto District Court ruled Thursday that the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) , which operated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, was liable to voluntary evacuees in the sum of USD $1 million for failing to take adequate...

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria released a report on Thursday condemning the pervasive sexual and gender-based violence that has occurred over the past six and a half years in the Syrian conflict. The...

The Supreme Court of India ruled Tuesday that foreign lawyers cannot practice law within the country. Parties included both law firms and individual lawyers from the UK, US, France and Australia. The court noted that Under...

China's National People's Congress on Sunday added supervisory commissions and announced that it will reform China's criminal code, both measures aimed at furthering in the government's anti-graft campaign. During the first session of the 13th National People's Congress...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report Monday detailing human rights violations in the aftermath of the 2017 Honduran presidential election The report documents violence committed by the government...