On March 23, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese presented her report “Torture and Genocide” to the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council. Its ...

Exclusive: Officials warn department will also lose access to database of 26,000 verified incidents due to cuts The Foreign Office unit tracking potential breaches of international law by Israel in ...

On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced a blockade against shipping ‘trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz.’ This move seems to aim at punishing Iran for having failed to agree to what ...

With peace negotiations between the United States and Iran breaking down in Pakistan, the fragile ceasefire is again on the brink of collapse. US President Donald Trump has again upped the war ...

A judge ruled that the woman should not be deported there, so the Trump administration sent her to Ghana — which returned her ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Canada’s new citizenship law, effective December, lets Americans with distant Canadian ancestors claim dual ...

THE HAGUE, April 28 (Reuters) - More than 65,000 victims of a Malian Islamist who was a key figure in the police force that ...

The Strait of Hormuz exists in the eye of the beholder. While everyone agrees that, geographically speaking, it is a strait – a narrow sea passage connecting two places that ships want to go – its ...

Millions of Americans are pursuing Canadian citizenship after a law that took effect in December made the process significantly easier for people with Canadian ancestry, prompting immigration lawyers ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Millions more Americans might qualify for dual Canadian citizenship under a recent change to Canada's requirements that has led to a surge in applications from its southern ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on fraud charges for its use of paid informants to monitor and track racist organizations, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Tuesday. The ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to James Kraska - a professor of international maritime law at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island - about the legality of the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.