A disgraced girls basketball coach was sentenced Thursday afternoon for committing sex crimes against underage girls and ...

But the many thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and captured civilians held in the occupied territories and in ...

East Africa's human rights record has deteriorated sharply over the past year, with governments accused of unlawful killings, ...

Nigeria, recently, witnessed a disturbing resurgence in acts of jungle justice, a crude system where suspected criminals ...

Hearings for the couple accused of the torture and murder of an 8-year-old girl were postponed to Oct. 14 and 16 following a brief appearance Thursday. Shielding his face from news cameras with a ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday mocked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer to help with Iran's ...

The U.N. says sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, with the highest number of cases in the ...

Fulgencio Batista’s Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities had a blood-spattered record of torture and political ...