The US Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general. The Senate Judiciary Committee had advanced Bondi's nomination to the full Senate vote last Wednesday. Bondi, a Florida ...

The US Department of Defense (DOD) announced the arrival of 10 migrants at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility on Wednesday after they took off yesterday on the first US military plane headed ...

Multiple plaintiffs filed a lawsuit on Tuesday asking a federal court in Maryland to block President Trump's executive order to discontinue all federal funding for gender-affirming care in ...

UN officials warned on Tuesday that the US suspension of foreign aid programs could lead to millions of women and girls facing life-threatening risks. Pio Smith, UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional ...

The City of Maryland and three civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday in the US District Court for the District of Maryland against US President Donald Trump and his administration.

China is infringing on Uyghurs' right to freedom of movement by enforcing strict travel restrictions for those who travel, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Monday. While China ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned in a statement on Monday the four-month prison sentence against Yemeni freelance journalist Aziz Al-Ahmadi for criticizing a government's ...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), and demanding a review of US ...

US research and information center Media Matters for America reported Tuesday that Trump has begun his alleged goal to 'throttle the free press,' arguing that large companies and news sources are ...

A group of immigration advocacy groups initiated a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration over their executive order barring migrants the right to make asylum claims at the US-Mexico ...

Human Rights Watch warned Monday that transgender youths may face difficulty in accessing gender-affirming care on Monday. Of particular concern to them was an executive order signed by President ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday that the official withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) raises concerns over access to ...