Politics

News from Syria is usually very grim, and yet there might be a glimmer of hope for Syrian victims of torture seeking justice in Europe thanks to universal jurisdiction, which allows Syrian victims of torture to file a criminal complaint outside Syria, in one of 20...

By Stephanie Burnett The statement comes a day after separatist parties won the Catalan elections Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has congratulated the unionist Ciudadanos party for securing the most seats as a single party in...

Former Bosnian Croat policeman Miroslav Peric was sentenced to one year in prison for inhumanely treating an underage prisoner of war at the Vojno detention camp near Mostar in 1993. The Bosnian state court found Miroslav...

Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar visits Zagreb on Tuesday in an attempt to move forward in resolving the long-running territorial dispute with Croatia over waters in the Piran Gulf. After months of rows and cancelled meetings,...

Russian women who are victims of domestic abuse are being forced to pay fines handed down to their abusers, campaigners have said. Controversial amendments to Russian law decriminalised some forms of domestic violence in February. The changes mean...

  https://youtu.be/3Sa8G-VR13Q   Joe Biden and John McCain shared an award for civility last year. On Wednesday, Biden and McCain’s daughter Meghan shared a TV moment that journalists — trained to be dispassionate — called “heartbreaking,” “powerfully emotional”...

A summit of Islamic nations has issued a unified response to counter the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was “not impressed” by the declaration. A final communique,...

Among the many odd elements of President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. Embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem is that it comes precipitously in advance of Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to region. The...

British MPs defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s government on Wednesday, voting to change her Brexit blueprint in a move which could complicate her efforts to sever ties with the European Union. The parliament voted 309 to...

With three new institutions finally established to vet Albania’s future judges and prosecutors, judicial reform looked promising. However, observers worry a lack of transparency will erode public trust in the process.  Standing outside the gates guarding...