The High Court in London refused on Tuesday to grant permission to initiate legal proceedings against the British Foreign Office over the agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and Mauritius ...

The main theme for this year's session is ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by ...

Egyptians are fretting over price hikes that have seen the cost of everyday goods surge. It comes after the government increased fuel prices, blaming soaring global energy markets due to the ...

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has issued a security alert warning of a possible terrorist threat targeting US government facilities and American-affiliated schools in the country.

The film 'Laundry' takes place in 1968, in a whites-only neighborhood of Johannesburg. Khutala’s family runs a laundry under a regime targeting Black-owned businesses.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the war against Iran could be short-lived, but he left open the possibility of an escalation in fighting if global oil supplies are disrupted by the ...

According to Human Rights Watch, the Haitian government is using its security forces and contractors to launch drone strikes on armed gangs -- strikes that are also impacting civilians.

As accounts of human rights violations in South Sudan pile up, the spokesperson for the UN high comisisoner of human rights has voiced concern.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei who has been appointed as the new head of the Islamic ...

Overnight torrential rains in the Kenyan capital Nairobi killed at least 23 people, and leaves destruction in its wake.

South Africa embarked on a mass vaccination of cattle on Friday to stem an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that threatens ...

Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu went on trial on Monday in a sprawling corruption case critics say is a politically motivated bid to scupper his chances of challenging President Recep Tayyip ...