The US State Department said Monday that the US and Turkey have agreed to establish a 'safe zone' for Syrian refugees fleeing the Islamic State (IS) by. The State Department's spokesperson, John...

The US State Department on Monday released released the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) . The report upgraded Malaysia and Cuba from the "Tier 3 Watch List" , as countries not...

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday said the discovery of 129 bodies in the southern state of Guerrero "confirms what we had already found: the sheer magnitude of the crisis of enforced disappearances in Guerrero and...

Former India Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju on Sunday said that "there has been a gross travesty of justice in the case of Yakub Memon." Katju said that after thoroughly studying the judgment of the...

The UK Foreign Office on Saturday loosened its travel advisory for Iran , lifting the "essential travel only" status for most of the country. It still advises against all travel to areas along the border...

US President Barack Obama on Saturday called on Kenya and other African countries to provide for the equal treatment of gay and lesbian people at a press conference with the president of Kenya, Uhuru . The...

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza was elected to a third term on Friday, leading to public protest and international criticism. Although the election resulted in Nkurunziza receiving 69 percent of the vote, the Constitution of...

The UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs on Saturday urged those involved on all sides of the South Sudan conflict to end their fighting and make peace in the interest of protecting innocent civilians. Stephen O'Brien's statements...

Tunisia's parliament on Saturday voted to approve a new anti-terror law despite strong criticism from NGOs and human rights groups. The law, which replaces 2003 legislation passed under the dictator Zine El...

France's Constitutional Court decided Friday that a new billing allowing for broad surveillance of terrorism suspects does not violate the country's constitution. The bill was proposed before...