Fundamental Rights / Civil Liberties

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Explosions sounding like mortar shells were heard on Sunday in the area of Mogadishu airport where parliamentarians...

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Thousands of Tunisians protested on Sunday against President Kais Saied, demanding a return to the...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Norway on Saturday backed Finnish and Swedish plans to join NATO against criticism from Turkey. "We don't...

LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's largest grouping of Christian churches on Friday condemned the killing of a female student who was...

WARSAW (Reuters) - Women who have fled to Poland to escape war must have access to reproductive rights that meet...

CAIRO (Reuters) - The mother of a renowned Egyptian activist who recently gained British citizenship says she fears she may...

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Friday Russia had forcibly deported more than 210,000 children since its invasion on Feb....

By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - The Vatican's number two said on Friday that supplying weapons to Ukraine to help...

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Two former presidents will face off against the incumbent in Somalia's long-delayed presidential vote on...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday that a decision by the U.N. Human Rights...

By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) - Shot by security forces during protests over the 2020 Beirut port blast and frozen...

By Hamza Ibrahim KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) -A female Nigerian student was beaten to death and set on fire by fellow...

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday told his Finnish counterpart that France fully supported the country's choice...

PARIS (Reuters) -French prosecutors have opened an investigation into global police agency Interpol president Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi over allegations that...

LIMASSOL, Cyprus (Reuters) -A new dynamic has emerged in protecting the rights of the LGBTQ+ communities across Europe, but significant...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police said on Thursday they had filed complaints to the city's main professional legal...

By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the most senior Catholic clerics...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece on Wednesday banned conversion therapy for minors, a practice aimed at suppressing a person's sexual orientation...

KABUL (Reuters) - Many women in the Afghan capital are delaying a return to fully covering their faces in public...

VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday he was deeply concerned about hunger becoming widespread as the...