US states sued the Trump administration Monday over its new rule that would exclude employers from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program that the Department of Education found to have a ...

The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday, November 5, in a pair of cases challenging President Donald Trump’s authority to impose broad tariffs on nearly all imported goods. The ...

Amnesty International reported Monday that the Tanzanian government has shut down internet access and electric power, suppressing attempts to gather information about nationwide unrest following its ...

A US federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Sunday that blocks the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Oregon, Texas, and California until 5PM Friday, November 7.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday released a report documenting widespread obstetric violence faced by women giving birth in public healthcare facilities in Sierra Leone.  In its 80-page report, ...

UN leaders on Sunday called for safety and justice for journalists globally, urging governments to conduct investigations and ensure the protection of all media professionals. UN Secretary-General ...

The Red Scare blacklist era – one in which those in the entertainment industry were targeted, investigated, and ostracized for their supposed political sympathies and associates – remains one of the ...

The US Department of Agriculture will provide half of normal food assistance in November rather than suspend the program entirely, according to a court filing Monday responding to federal judges' ...

The foreign ministers of Germany, Jordan, and the UK on Saturday jointly called for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, describing the humanitarian crisis as 'desperate' and 'apocalyptic.' This follows ...

Guayana arrested on Friday the incoming opposition leader on request for extradition by the United States, following an indictment by a Florida court on money-laundering, tax evasion, and gold ...

UN experts on Friday called for a swift and effective investigation into the deadliest police operation in Brazil's history after a raid in a Rio de Janeiro favela last week killed at least 120 ...

JURIST’s Sarisha Harikrishna interviews Dr Carrie McDougall, Associate Professor at the Melbourne Law School on the prosecution of the crime of aggression under the Rome Statute of the International ...