HUMAN RIGHTS

There were concerns that renewed tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran could affect the oil market.

At least 50,000 North Koreans are stationed overseas in some 20 countries as forced laborers and human rights activists are demanding accountability.

Leading civil rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang was spared immediate imprisonment, but rights groups say the guilty verdict is a sign of government hardline on civil society.

Abdullah al-Zaher was 15 when he was arrested after attending a protest. Human rights organizations say he was tortured and forced into a confession.

The European Commission is set to implement rules that could see tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google facing hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if they can't comply.

As Russian and U.S. officials meet to discuss the wars in Syria and Ukraine, the Kremlin has taken a step back on human rights.

Angola, which is ruled by President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, has been faulted in the past for violating basic rights to those who speak out against government oppression and intimidation.

Tunisia has been hailed as a democratic success in the Arab Spring uprisings. However, even after the revolution, homosexuality remains illegal in the North African country.

A female United Nations official was killed Monday in a shooting in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a U.N. representative confirmed.

It was seen as unusual for a member of the ruling family living outside of North Korea to bring publicity to themselves.

Both sides in Sri Lanka's long-running war have been accused of committing gross human rights violations.

The scandal-plagued German automaker plans to offer impunity as an incentive to encourage employees to come forward with potentially incriminating information.

Volkswagen aimed to increase the pressure on employees who had knowledge of the scandal but fear they could lose their jobs if the information comes to light.

It was a rare heavy Russian bombardment targeting Islamic State rather than other insurgent groups.

The European Union and Japan have circulated a draft resolution at the United Nations in an effort to have North Korea haled before the International Criminal Court.

The U.S. has evidence that leads it to believe Russia hit a hospital in Syria with an airstrike, a State Department spokesman said.

The winner of this year's Sakharov prize is serving a 10-year prison sentence over his writings, which criticized Saudi Arabian religious authorities.

In a quiet move, the U.S. State Department cut millions in funding to Mexico tied with the drug war over the Mexican government's failure to improve human rights conditions.

Four members of the Zone 9 blog were acquitted of terrorism charges Friday morning after spending 18 months in prison.

Privacy advocates throughout the world are calling on the U.S. to follow a European court's example in recognizing data privacy as a fundamental human right.

Anti-gay rhetoric has been essential in the 91-year-old leader's effort to hold on to power in Zimbabwe.