Fundamental Rights / Civil Liberties

By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Some Indian media on Monday cheered a court order over the weekend which...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany may need to evacuate as many as 10,000 people from Afghanistan, Chancellor Angela Merkel told party...

MADRID (Reuters) - All Spain's staff in Kabul, Afghanistan, either Spanish or Afghan, are currently in the airport ahead of...

By Dave Graham and Laura Gottesdiener MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Under pressure from the U.S. government to contain illegal immigration,...

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged the Taliban and all other...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Thousands of people joined an LGBTQ pride march in Bucharest on Saturday for the first time since the start...

(Reuters) - The Taliban were taking control in Afghanistan on Sunday two decades after they were forced out by U.S.-...

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thai police clashed with protesters near the residence of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Sunday for a fifth...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday it was imposing sanctions on two Cuban Ministry...

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada plans to resettle more than 20,000 vulnerable Afghans including women leaders, human rights workers and reporters to...

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will continue with deportations of unsuccessful asylum seekers back to Afghanistan despite the deteriorating...

(Reuters) -Than Shwe, the former head of a junta that ruled Myanmar for nearly two decades, has been hospitalised in...

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Afghan government should engage with the Taliban to reach an inclusive settlement,...

TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia arrested 14 people for suspected corruption in the phosphate industry, the judiciary said on Thursday, as the...

By Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - Hundreds of people, including dozens of dissident artists and opposition activists, remain detained in...

WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland's prime minister on Thursday rejected criticism of bills on media ownership and property restitution passed by parliament,...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian prosecutors have asked a court to put restrictions on Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's spokesperson Kira Yarmysh,...

By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - Philippine national Maya and her husband lost their low-paying jobs in the United Arab...

ANKARA (Reuters) - A crowd of Turks attacked shops and homes belonging to Syrians in the Turkish capital Ankara overnight...

By Pawel Florkiewicz and Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish lawmakers advanced a bill on Wednesday that the opposition says aims...