In an open letter to Donald Trump on Tuesday, an independent UN human rights expert asked the departing United States President to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
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Within 24 hours of being posted, Russian opposition figure Aleksei Navalny's video report of a conversation in which a Federal Security Agency (FSB) chemist appears to confess to participating in Navalny's poisoning with a deadly nerve agent in August racked up nearly 12 million views.
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Governments and researchers have been working with an extremely ambitious timetable to provide billions of people with immunity to the new coronavirus. Now, the first vaccines are being distributed, spurring hope that the pandemic’s end is in sight.
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Four years ago stories appeared asking whether 2016 was the worst year ever. Well, 2020 has 2016 beat. You would have to go back to 1968 to find a year filled with as much turmoil.
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Planned Parenthood is preparing its wish list for former Vice President Joe Biden’s prospective administration, but pro-life forces are gearing up for a fight.
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Fifteen House Republicans are seeking a briefing with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger over suspected election irregularities in the state.
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Every year at this time, presidents issue pardons, and some of the most controversial pardons have been issued when they are leaving office.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says it is clear that Russia was behind a cyberattack on several U.S. government agencies that also hit commercial targets worldwide.
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Slovenia designated Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization, rejecting the false distinction between Hezbollah’s political and military wings.
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U.S. lawmakers briefed on the massive cybersecurity security breach that has affected government agencies and the private sector are calling for the country to act, warning that, so far, all evidence is pointing to Russia as the culprit.
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