A United Nations panel issued guiding principles today making clear that the pursuit of minerals needed to transition from ...

World leaders gathering for the United Nations General Assembly’s annual General Debate this week should call for action to ...

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Judges Set to Deliver Advisory Opinion on Occupied Palestinian Territory ...

Human rights advocates are calling for an independent investigation into the deadly explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon and Syria The Latest The U.S. Justice Department has opened a ...