A UN report says North Korea is continuing its nuclear and missile development programs with funds obtained illicitly by carrying out ship-to-ship transfers of goods in violation of UN sanctions.…

My grandfather, Elazar Granot, was the Israeli ambassador in Nelson Mandela’s South Africa between 1994-1996, right after the fall of the apartheid regime. Last August, I visited there myself and…

In the absence of a unified message from the national government, local officials and opportunists have filled the gap with misinformation and quack remedies. First, Indonesia’s agriculture minister promoted wearing…

A vast homophobic movement currently crossing Poland. More and more local authorities, in particular in the south-east of the country, declare themselves “zone without LGBT ideology“. If they are for now…

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…