Ghana’s parliament on Friday approved a controversial new bill that criminalizes the so-called promotion of LGBTQ activity. The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values bill imposes prison terms of up to ...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a black prisoner on death row in Mississippi was unreasonably denied his right to challenge a prosecutor’s race-neutral justifications for removing black ...

In Iranian family gatherings, geopolitics rarely arrives through academic language. It emerges through instinct, irritation, memory, and the peculiar intimacy with which ordinary people discuss the ...

Thailand's Criminal Court acquitted on Thursday political figure and founder of the Progressive Movement Party Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit of charges of defaming the monarchy, arising from ...

Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged acting Rio de Janeiro governor Ricardo Couto to pass a bill that would establish fully independent forensic services and mandate additional measures to ...

A man with an unpleasant voice was reciting the Qur’an loudly. A wise-hearted passerby said to him, “What salary do you receive?” He replied, “None.” The man said, “Then why do you give yourself so ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 73 on Wednesday, expanding the state’s election security protections by restricting unauthorized law enforcement access to polling places, banning ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday scheduled the trial of former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte to begin on November 30, marking the first time an Asian former head of state ...

A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company reportedly hired and transited hundreds of Colombian private military contractors to Sudan in support of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Human Rights Watch ...

In a detailed report released on Wednesday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused the Trump administration of deporting almost 13,000 third-country nationals between January 2025 and March 2026 without due ...

A three-judge federal court on Tuesday barred Alabama from using its Republican-drawn congressional map in this year's elections, ruling that the map intentionally discriminated against Black voters ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday condemned the forced repatriations of refugees and asylum-seekers to Afghanistan by countries citing national security and economic ...