The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday that a federal statute requiring people to be 21 to purchase handguns from Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) conflicts with previous ...

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced Thursday to accelerate the enactment of a law that allows wiretapping of children under 15 to combat organized crime in the country.  The law would ...

Myanmar's ruling military extended a state of emergency for another six months, a day ahead of the fourth anniversary of the coup, reported by the state-owned Myawaddy Media on Friday. The military ...

A New York appeals court on Thursday reversed a lower court's decision that found the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act (NYVRA) violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. The Second ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held on Thursday that Italy violated applicant residents' rights to life and respect for private and family life under the European Convention on Human ...

Germany's Parliament passed a motion for stricter migration rules on Wednesday. The nonbinding motion, backed by the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), calls for permanent border ...

Human Rights Watch urged Kazakhstan to implement the recommendations from member states at the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review on Thursday. With 103 state delegates, the UN Human ...