Navi Pillay, who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, fought racism in South Africa, shaping her international career as a judge and advocate for justice and human rights.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned this week that the ceasefire has “yet to deliver security, adequate humanitarian assistance or a credible path to recovery and peace.”

France student protests over crumbling schools expose deep tensions as Jean-Luc Mélenchon's La France Insoumise allegedly exploits the growing unrest.

Parts of the capital city of India, the world's largest democracy, are on lockdown. Protests over sweeping revisions to the voter rolls were met with a massive police crackdown.

Panama's government has declared a state of emergency following two powerful earthquakes that shook the country. The quakes, with magnitudes of 7.7 and 6.6, caused damage across all 10 provinces

President Mahmoud Abbas postponed what would have been the first Palestinian elections in nearly 20 years, issuing a decree on Friday to further delay voting for the Palestinian Legislative Council almost another year.

On Saturday, Ethiopian military vehicles and troops entered Adigrat, near the Eritrean border, as some residents celebrated.

Indian authorities detained thousands of “Cockroach” movement protesters in New Delhi amid a contentious voter list revision that has fueled anger with Prime