Provision in National Defense Authorization Act to ban testing WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — The United States has not conducted live nuclear weapons tests for 28 years. But reports indicate the Trump…
Mogadishu — Renowned Somali medical doctor, philanthropist and humanitarian Dr Hawa Abdi is dead. Dr Abdi, known by many as Mama Hawa, died in Mogadishu on Wednesday, her family announced.…
The report detailed a toxic workplace culture at the Winnipeg museum Fallout from a report detailing a toxic workplace culture at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights characterized by "systemic…
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need to ensure the world’s indigenous people have control over their own communities, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has affirmed. Michelle Bachelet…
An 18-year-old environmental campaigner from the United States has told UN News how she wants to “turn apathetic people into climate activists”. Sophia Kianni, whose family originally comes from Iran,…
In a video message delivered to a Peace Memorial Ceremony in Japan on Thursday, UN Secretary-General António Guterreshas paid tribute to the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which devastated the city in…
Unparalleled rights violations and abuses against journalists are being carried out by all parties to the armed conflict in Yemen, the UN human rights chief said on Thursday “Journalists are…
UN-appointed independent human rights experts have called for urgent action in India’s Jammu and Kashmir, amid concerns of ongoing abuses against civilians there. The appeal comes a year after the…
Six years after ISIL launched a genocidal campaign against the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq, the international community must live up to its promise to deliver justice, survivor and Nobel…
A military veteran serving a life sentence for selling less than $30 worth of marijuana will soon be released from prison, his attorney said. Derek Harris, who was arrested in…