The World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that the escalating hostilities in the Middle East could lead to record levels of food insecurity and the largest disruption in humanitarian ...

The agency UN Women vowed on Tuesday to continue its provision of aid for women and girls in Afghanistan despite stringent restrictions and the ongoing conflict in the region. UN Women Afghanistan ...

A US federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the decision by President Donald Trump's administration to effectively shut down Voice of America (VOA) and its parent agency, the US Agency for Global Media ...

One year ago, Louisiana broke a fifteen-year silence on executions by debuting nitrogen hypoxia. Officials called Jessie Hoffman Jr.’s death “flawless,” yet their own reports noted “convulsive ...

On Tuesday, Amnesty International called for those responsible to be held accountable for a US strike on an Iranian school that killed over 100 children. The call for accountability followed the ...

Monday called on the newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to use its recent election success as an opportunity to commit to enacting specific laws and policies ...

A UN expert stated on Monday that there is still hope to improve the situation in Haiti and restore national security amid shifting gang frontlines, emphasizing the UN's commitment to monitor human ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published findings Thursday that Yemeni government-aligned forces appeared to have used excessive force and arbitrarily detained protestors in February. HRW's investigation ...

A scientist, whether theorist or experimenter, puts forward statements or systems of statements, and tests them step by step. Karl R. Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1959) In the ...

A recent discussion among legal and human rights experts has exposed the alarming scale of obstetric violence in Africa, a crisis that contributes to the continent’s disproportionately high maternal ...

Do you approve the text of the law revising Articles 87, paragraph 10, 102, paragraph 1, 104, 105, 106, paragraph 3, 107, paragraph 1, and 110 of the Constitution, approved by Parliament and ...

Myanmar’s parliament convened for the first time in five years Monday, marking a formal restoration of legislative proceedings in the country following widely contested national elections held by ...