Trump's administration cut to 18 months from five years the period of time work permits are valid for refugees, asylum ...

Officials in Indonesia and Sri Lanka battled to reach survivors of deadly flooding in remote regions as the death toll increases.

The seizure of an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast this week comes after long-standing tensions between Washington and Caracas, starting with US sanctions in 2006 and most recently strikes against ...

Incumbent Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, who is vying for a second term, has scored a big win in general elections, sources close to the premier said on Wednesday. Iraqis on Tuesday ...

Last year’s record-breaking temperatures could be a sign that the world is entering a new era above 1.5C of global warming, scientists say, one never before faced by modern humans. The Paris Agreement ...

The first group of white South Africans selected by Washington for resettlement in the US was set to fly out of Johannesburg Sunday evening, South Africa’s transport ministry said. US President Donald ...

In a town near Jerusalem, a growing number of Palestinian houses and businesses are receiving demolition and evacuation ...

Over 25 years ago, during my first year in a doctoral program, I recall having a conversation with one of my White male peers. We were part of a cohort of five students: 2 White males, 1 White female, ...

Despite major gains in education and reducing poverty in recent decades, entrenched inequalities are eroding trust in institutions and democratic systems around the world, the UN warned Tuesday.

States with abysmal human rights records seek election to the UN Human Rights Council not to advance human rights but to block their realization. This cynical behavior is an aberration that needs to ...

One thing that nearly all observers of the American economy (and other developed countries around the world) can agree on is that income inequality has increased considerably in recent decades. The ...

International leaders closed out 2021 by endorsing a global tax deal that aims to stop the so-called “race to the bottom.” According to United States’ President Joe Biden, the agreement “will finally ...