The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has visited the notorious Sednaya prison outside Damascus.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The United Nations human rights chief on Wednesday called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed ...

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the extent of atrocities committed in Syria is hard to believe and ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk visited the notorious Sednaya prison near Damascus, describing it as ...

The United Nations human rights chief called for Western sanctions on Syria to be lifted, now that dictator Bashar Assad has ...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (AFP) - United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for ...

Gang violence in Haiti has led to the displacement of more than 700,000 people, forcing them to flee their homes for safety.

The United States and Qatar announced a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, pausing the devastating 15-month war in ...

Volker Turk has become the first UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Syria, where he met with the country’s de ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the ceasefire agreement with Hamas is still not complete and the final details are being worked out. Netanyahu’s statement late Wednesday comes hours aft ...

Donald Trump's pick to be the nation’s top diplomat, Marco Rubio, is promising to place America's interests “above all else.” ...