VATICAN CITY
Wed Jun 17, 2015 5:37am EDT
Pope Francis on Wednesday called for respect for migrants and suggested that "people and institutions" who close doors to them should seek forgiveness from God.
Politics
HONG KONG
Wed Jun 17, 2015 1:56am EDT
Hong Kong legislators began a debate on a Beijing-backed electoral reform proposal on Wednesday, as hundreds of people gathered outside government buildings ahead of a contentious vote that is expected by the end of this week.
16 June 2015 – More than 55,000 refugees have arrived in the Greek islands so far this year, with hundreds arriving every day in inflatable dinghies and wooden boats, putting a “tremendous strain” on the communities that receive them and worsening conditions for the new arrivals, the United Natio
SULTAN KUDARAT, PHILIPPINES
Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:32am EDT
BEIJING
Tue Jun 16, 2015 4:07am EDT
HONG KONG
Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:24am EDT
Hong Kong's leader warned on Tuesday that violence will not be tolerated, a day after authorities arrested 10 people and seized suspected explosives ahead of a crucial vote on a China-backed electoral reform package this week.
LONDON
Tue Jun 16, 2015 4:50am EDT
Michelle Obama kicked off a two-day visit to London on Tuesday with a tour of an inner city school as part of the U.S. First Lady's drive to support education for girls around the world.
15 June 2015 – While 70 years of work by the United Nations has helped build a formidable system of rights protections, the nagging persistence of “everything else” – wars and ongoing deprivation – is deeply worrying, the top UN human rights official declared today, urging renewed action to promo
CARACAS
Sun Jun 14, 2015 3:24pm EDT
A U.S. envoy has met Venezuela's second most powerful official in Haiti in a further sign of rapprochement between the ideological foes, according to Venezuelan state media.