A UN expert on Friday urged governments worldwide to strengthen protections for migrants, warning that thousands face the ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk sounded the alarm on Friday over escalating violence across Sudan’s North Darfur and Kordofan regions, warning of catastrophic consequences for ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and over 110 organizations and trade unions on Friday called on the EU to immediately suspend its trade agreement with Israel, citing the latter's ongoing atrocities against ...

The UK's lower chamber of Parliament, the House of Commons, on Friday voted to pass a landmark assisted dying bill for terminally ill people, advancing it to the House of Lords for review. The ...

A layoff notice was served to 639 employees at Voice of America and its parent organisation, the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), on Friday. The announcement on Friday brought the total number of ...

The Supreme Court ruled in an 8-1 decision on Friday that retirees are not 'qualified persons' under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and therefore cannot bring ADA suits over issues that ...

US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that American planes targeted and bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, declaring that 'now is the time for peace.' Planes bombed nuclear sites at ...

A US federal judge on Friday ordered the federal government to release detained activist Mahmoud Khalil immediately. Judge ...

The UN verified 41,370 grave violations committed against children globally in 2024 in its annual report on children and ...

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, on Friday urged authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to ensure the protection and promotion of human rights ...

The European Union’s diplomatic service, European External Action Service (EEAS), concluded in a report Friday, that Israel may have violated its human rights obligations in the EU-Israel ...

The UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) reported on Saturday a transition towards more inclusive global participation in outer space activities, with the growing involvement of ...