HUMAN RIGHTS

Human Rights Advocates said the president's plans to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay were a step in the right direction. But has he gone far enough?

A new trans-Atlantic data-transfer plan also falls short, Max Schrems — who got an EU court to toss out provisions of the old plan — said Monday.

In a damning report released Monday, activists claim hundreds of people have been killed and thousands arrested since protests began in Ethiopia's Oromia region.

As the Russian Ministry of Justice begins dissolving nongovernmental organizations, human rights defenders who continue their work are left in precarious positions.

The news came as South Korean officials warned of a possible “terror attack” by the North targeting defectors and anti-North Korean activists.

Uganda's main opposition candidate and presidential challenger Kizza Besigye has been released from police custody hours after his arrest.

An MSF report said at least a dozen hospitals were completely destroyed and 81 medical staff was killed during 2015 in a total of 93 aerial and shelling attacks.

As a controversial election gets underway Thursday, some businesses have relocated their operations or temporarily closed up shop out of fear.

Heated debates over immigration, law enforcement and racial issues fueled growing extremism in 2015, a new report has found.

A human rights group demands that Egyptian and Libyan authorities to investigate the whereabouts of at least 8 people taken by the Islamic State group in Libya.

President Park Geun-hye warned early Tuesday that a continuation of North Korea's recent actions will only speed "regime collapse."

The controversial ruling was seen to follow suit with a series of recent acquittals for police officers convicted for the deaths of protesters.

After North Korea claimed to launch a rocket Sunday, Beijing is reportedly concerned over news that the U.S. could deploy a missile system nearby.

The Polish government has argued the new law is needed due to the threat posed by terrorism.

Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, has supported a U.S.-led airstrike campaign against ISIS since it began in September 2014.

A London event aimed at raising funds for millions of Syrian refugees began Thursday, just two days after peace talks on the conflict collapsed.

In a rare acknowledgement of abuse of power, the state-controlled North Korean media reported on a high-level meeting aimed at addressing rampant malfeasance.

A group of 10 rabbis traveled to the Caribbean nation last week and said the country's treatment of Haitians resembles discrimination historically faced by Jews.

Jack Letts is surprised by reports that he had joined ISIS and married an Iraqi woman. His family says he's a humanitarian aid worker, not a terrorist.

Eighteen corpses have been uncovered in the recaptured city of Ramadi, and officials estimate dozens more could be discovered there.

The U.S. attorney general said talks with Silicon Valley on cybersecurity issues continue, and both sides are "struggling with the issue."