Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is among the leading pro-democracy figures attending the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and ...

The American civil rights icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson, died on Feb. 17 at the age of 84. His advisor, James Zogby, a pollster and co-founder of the Arab American Institute, traveled with Jackson ...

As the US and Canada prepare to face off in Milan for the Olympic women’s hockey gold medal this week, a different high-stakes showdown between the two countries is unfolding back home. It takes place ...

Less than two months before Hungary’s national elections, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s political future hangs in the balance. For the first time since he took power, the right‑wing populist faces a ...

With high-stakes diplomatic talks in Geneva this week, the city is a destination for human rights activists. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is among the leading pro-democracy figures attending the Geneva ...

A deep underwater camera has shown, for the first time, that sharks are swimming in the Antarctic Ocean. The 13-foot “sleeper shark” was seen briefly on the camera, located 1,600 feet below the ...

Two years ago this week, Alexei Navalny died in a Russian penal colony in the Arctic. His Anti-Corruption Foundation once maintained a vast network of offices from Moscow to Siberia, aimed at exposing ...

President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One yesterday that the US is in talks with Cuba. Meanwhile, Cuban officials say there are no high-level negotiations underway, but acknowledge that ...

The European Union has made it illegal to destroy clothing that’s been manufactured, but not purchased. It’s part of a wider effort to embed sustainability into the EU economy. The World’s Host Marco ...

Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca and French cellist Vincent Segal had known about each other for years, traveling in similar music circles and concert halls. But they never really had the chance to forge ...

Lars Bevanger, from Deutsche Welle, DW, takes a look at what visitors can expect to see in Oulu, Finland — one of the two ...

Money sent home to Mexico by migrants in the United States fell last year for the first time in more than a decade. The ...