UN Security Council holds emergency meeting against 'provocative action' by Lauren McCauley The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) defied warnings from the international community ...

by Rick Shenkman After Senator Ted Cruz suggested that the United States begin carpet bombing Islamic State (IS) forces in Syria, the reaction was swift. ...

The United States has spent nearly half a billion dollars and five years developing Afghanistan’s oil, gas and minerals industries — and has little to ...

by Amie Williams GAZIANTEP, Turkey, November 2015 — The day after the Turkish national elections restored the ruling party, AKP, to its former dominance, I ...

In a rare victory for freedom of speech in Turkey, the country’s Supreme Court of Appeals has completely overturned a lower court ruling that sentenced ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Barack Obama shake hands following their bilateral meeting in Manila, Philippines, on November 19, 2015. By Gwynne Taraska (Center ...

Will chess, not battleship, be the game of the future in Eurasia? by Pepe Escobar The crooner is President Xi Jinping and the road map ...

by Adam Harris of ProPublica On November 13, terrorists hit Paris with a series of coordinated attacks — France's deadliest since World War II. The ...

In his keynote, Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth reflects on a year so tumultuous, “it can seem as if the world is unraveling.” ...

Human Rights Watch has been working on Syria for years. This video features two of Human Rights Watch's investigations in 2013, including the al-Bayda massacre ...