Fundamental Rights / Civil Liberties

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Monday said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was assaulting the defenders of freedom by jailing two...

(Reuters) - The European Union has called for the immediate release of Belarus protest leader Maria Kolesnikova after she was...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany condemned the decision of a Belarusian court to sentence protest leader Maria Kolesnikova to 11 years...

BERLIN (Reuters) - The Taliban would welcome German investment in Afghanistan and help in areas including humanitarian aid, health care,...

By Jose Torres HUIXTLA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican security and migration officials early on Sunday blocked the passage of a...

LONDON (Reuters) - A British junior defence minister said on Monday that he was wrong when he said that some...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 1,000 people, including Americans, have been stuck in Afghanistan for days awaiting clearance for their charter...

(Reuters) - Senior Taliban officials met in Kabul on Sunday with the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who promised to...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian army units backed by Iranian-backed militias resumed the shelling of a rebel enclave...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar has flown humanitarian aid into Kabul and said it will operate daily aid flights to Afghanistan...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Mike Waltz has called on the State Department to work with non-governmental organizations that he...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Ariana Afghan Airlines resumed some flights in Afghanistan between Kabul and three major provincial cities on Saturday,...

By Jose Torres TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - A migrant caravan of around 400 people, including many children, set off from...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Events in Afghanistan could be a catalyst for the European Union to forge a common migration policy,...

(Reuters) -Three Taliban sources said the Islamist militia had on Friday seized the Panjshir valley north of Kabul, the last...

(Reuters) - Lebanon deported a Reuters correspondent after questioning him on arrival at Beirut airport at the start of a...

(Reuters) - Lebanon deported a Reuters correspondent after questioning him on arrival at Beirut airport at the start of a...

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Safe in Europe after escaping from Kabul, an Afghan woman judge describes...

By Sabine Siebold BRDO, Slovenia (Reuters) -The European Union is ready to engage with the new Taliban government in Kabul...

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Several thousand people gathered in Bangkok to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Friday,...