The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) reported Monday that 19,266 civilian casualties occurred in 2016 , with 6,878 killed and 12,388 wounded. The UN has repeatedly condemned terrorist bombings and said that terrorist attacks in the...
A scientific study released in the journal Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences found that cheetah populations throughout Africa, the Middle East and Asia are declining as habitats are encroached by various human actors. The cheetah is now...
21 young women from Chibok, Nigeria returned home on Sunday after being released from Boko Haram control in October. In 2014 the Bring Back Our Girls activists began daily sit-ins at the Unity Fountain...
The UN Security Council on Friday elected to extend the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) to March 2018. The mandate of UNMIL was also broadened to "comprise protection of civilians, reform of...
A legislative committee in the Taiwan Parliament on Monday approved a bill that would amend the Taiwan Civil Code to allow same-sex marriage. The Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee approved a change in the Code from...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaging in torture in its efforts to root out political corruption, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Tuesday. The report claims that President Xi Jinping's ...
The US Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to pass the Iran Sanctions Act , which would extend economic sanctions against companies doing business with Iran for 10 more years. Originally approved in 1996, the extended bill was...
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Monday urged the Burundi government to allow UN police officers into the country to monitor potential human rights abuses. CERD says it has deep concerns...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Thursday expressed hope that a new peace deal between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government would help bring an end to a...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Monday vetoed HB 1538 , a bill that would criminally punish public officials that release information about police officers within 30 days of their causing death or serious harm. Wolf explained...
