On the day of his release from prison, Wang Quanzhang, one of China’s most prominent human rights lawyers, thought he was finally free. After being held for nearly five years…

The ouster of Sudan’s longtime ruler last year stoked hopes for peace in brutalized Darfur. But violence has surged amid fresh accusations against Sudan’s security forces. July 30, 2020, 5:00 a.m.…

Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, considered the "father of Taiwan's democracy", has died at the age of 97.  He served as president of Taiwan, from 1988 to 2000.  Lee was…

Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, former Republican presidential candidate, and icon of conservative values has died a month after being hospitalized with COVID-19.  Cain went to the hospital…

Doug Mills/The New York Times Nothing in the Constitution gives President Trump the power to delay the November election, and even fellow Republicans dismissed it out of handwhen he broached it on…

(CNN) As an Indiana school district welcomed students to the 2020-21 academic year, one of their students tested positive for Covid-19 on the first day of class, according to a…

The moment in August 2005 is seared into my memory. The train pulled up to the Hiroshima station from Kyoto. I stepped out with my mind full of images from…

By Daryl G. Kimball The U.S. atomic bomb attack on the people of Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, and the second attack on the city of Nagasaki at…

I use the word “miracle” lightly, but really, 71 years ago I did experience a miracle, and here I am in your company today. Setsuko Thurlow, speaks for the International…

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump said he will take action as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has been a source of…