UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday urged calm and restraint amid escalating unrest ahead of regional ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Friday that New Jersey's bans on assault firearms and magazines holding ...

The UN warned on Friday that Djibouti is facing severe, emergency-level hunger following the release of a report on the food insecurity situation. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification ...

Friday called on the EU and its member states to end their cooperation with Libyan authorities on migration control. The groups expressed alarm at plans to ...

Human Rights Watch on Friday warned of the deteriorating economic state in Afghanistan.  Millions of citizens are at risk of suffering from severe hunger due to a sharp decline in international aid ...

Amnesty International on Friday urged member states of the African Union to continue providing political, legal, and financial support to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (African ...

Amnesty International on Friday condemned the Portuguese Parliament's recent announcement that it passed a new law prohibiting the donning of face coverings in public areas, a decision that carries ...

A federal judge ruled Thursday that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents violated the Fourth Amendment rights of ...

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Thursday announced the return of the 'public charge' rule for immigrants.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday a new visa restriction policy barring foreign nationals affiliated with what the administration describes as “far-left terrorist” organizations ...

An aggravating circumstance is any factor surrounding a criminal act that increases the severity of the harm or the ...