Category : International News

US should respond to public demands for greater police accountability – Ban Protestors in New York City demonstrate in the wake of the verdict in...

In a briefing for reporters that was supposed to be about progress against Ebola, the top US general in Africa confirmed that ISIL, or the...

By Mike Corder, AP Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court on Monday upheld the conviction of a Congolese warlord who was sentenced to 14...

The  Missouri grand jury voted not to charge a white police officer for the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teenager, an incident that...

The Egyptian president has hinted he may pardon Australian journalist Peter Greste and his al-Jazeera colleagues. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has hinted he is...

  As countries around the world celebrate the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations...

The three FC Barcelona players have participated in the ‘Together we can beat Ebola’ campaign set up by FIFA to raise awareness of preventative measures...

Public toilet in the shanty town of Ciudad Pachacutec, Ventanilla District, El Callao Province, Peru. Photo: World Bank/Monica Tijero With one out of three women...

This is an open letter to G20 leaders, who meet for the 2014 Brisbane Summit later this week. It is signed by 25 transparency champions,...

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Since the birth of our Nation, American patriots have stepped forward to serve our...

An overwhelming majority of Catalans have said “yes” to independence and secession from the central Spanish government in Madrid in a highly-anticipated but symbolic referendum...

The head of the United Nations agency mandated to defend press freedom today denounced the recent killing of Mexican journalist Antonio Gamboa Urias, the editor...

Nobody in politics has had a worse run-up to Nov. 4 than Harry Reid. Polls indicate the Senate majority leader might have a change of...

Brazil’s President won a hotly contested runoff Sunday. With more than 99% of votes counted, incumbent President Dilma Rousseff had 51.59% of the vote, according...

  BY RICHARD BALMFORTH AND TIMOTHY HERITAGE War-weary Ukrainians voted on Sunday in an election that is likely to install a pro-Western parliament and strengthen President Petro Poroshenko’s...

President Obama Urges Americans To Resist Ebola ‘hysteria President Obama on Saturday repeated his argument against a travel ban on West Africa where Ebola is...

Amid pronounced increases in global inequality, the United Nations marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty today with calls to accelerate efforts in...