Trump's administration cut to 18 months from five years the period of time work permits are valid for refugees, asylum ...

Officials in Indonesia and Sri Lanka battled to reach survivors of deadly flooding in remote regions as the death toll increases.

In a town near Jerusalem, a growing number of Palestinian houses and businesses are receiving demolition and evacuation ...

European and African leaders gathered in Angola Monday for a summit to deepen economic and security ties, with emergency talks on Ukraine also on the cards. Talks with African nations will centre on ...

A US appeals court on Thursday suspended the release of hundreds of people on bail after they had been arrested by immigration authorities in the midwestern state of Illinois as part of President ...

Nearly one in three women have experienced intimate partner or sexual violence, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, warning no society “can call itself fair, safe or healthy while half its ...

Dozens of Indigenous protesters, some holding babies, peacefully blocked the entrance to the UN climate summit in Brazil on Friday to demand a meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and ...

Around 700 people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party said Friday, with protesters still on the streets in the midst of an internet blackout.

Benjamin Netanyahu took the stage at the UN General Assembly just over a week after an independent UN Commission concluded that Israel has committed genocide — the worst crime under international law.

Despite major gains in education and reducing poverty in recent decades, entrenched inequalities are eroding trust in institutions and democratic systems around the world, the UN warned Tuesday.

More than half of Europe and the Mediterranean basin was affected by drought in the first ten days of August, according to an AFP analysis on Monday of European Drought Observatory (EDO) data. The ...

Over 25 years ago, during my first year in a doctoral program, I recall having a conversation with one of my White male peers. We were part of a cohort of five students: 2 White males, 1 White female, ...