Amnesty International reported Monday that Tanzanian authorities have 'intensified their repression of dissent against the opposition, journalists, civil society and human rights defenders in a ...

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday that strengthens current sanctions on Haiti, extending them for a year, in order to mitigate persistent organized gang violence in the country.

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will consider whether a federal law prohibiting gun possession by unlawful drug users violates the Second Amendment, marking the latest firearms dispute to ...

Ghana's bodies of water are being poisoned by mercury and cyanide. Babies are being born with severe health conditions. And now a chorus of voices is demanding the president invoke emergency powers ...

US President Donald Trump recently claimed he has 'unquestioned power' under the Insurrection Act to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco. The Insurrection Act grants the President ...