Countries have some flexibility in interpreting UN agreements on refugee rights. But Sessions' decision that abused…
The declaration was thin, but the meeting itself will have a significant impact on how Trump makes foreign policy decisions…
Venezuela has freed 79 political prisoners in recent months, to global plaudits. But the hard-line regime has also charged…
In 2016, the number of international tourists to the US dropped by more than 2 percent, while tourism trended upward worldwide.…
Sen. John McCain, facing terminal cancer, will end his career with growing repudiation by his party and the public of positions,…
Simply based on how they are housed, forcibly separating immigrant kids from their families is bound to make a bad situation…
Appointing judges to lifetime terms can be among a president’s longest lasting legacies. The overwhelming majority of…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's risky unreliability will diminish as his country builds ties with South Korea. So…
Trump may rhetorically attack the media, but the US still ranks 45th of 180 countries in terms of press freedom. North Korea…
Interviews with hundreds of unaccompanied minors in Los Angeles reveal that relationships with US sponsors can be complicated.
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Massive noxious garbage dumps piling up around Moscow have sparked citizen protests. And those protests are turning into…
Incluso en la Europa igualitaria, las mujeres políticas deben luchar contra los estereotipos de género, la cobertura de…
The top two system in California was created to draw out more centrist candidates and voters, but data from primaries past…
A medida que la democracia colapsa, los jóvenes venezolanos deben decidir si unirse a la resistencia o construir sus vidas…
The rule of law can take on different meanings depending whom you ask and where you are – but in the US it pretty much…
Corruption has made hurricane Caribbean countries' recovery less efficient and more expensive, new research shows. Misuse…
Robert F. Kennedy, assassinated 50 years ago, began his career as a conservative anti-communist. At the end of his life,…
Solving homelessness doesn't just mean finding someone a physical home. A program run in New Haven, Connecticut, focuses…
Social media sites aren't the only online systems that can secretly influence people's votes. Search engines can…