Category: 2. World

During my first Administration, I restricted the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States to prevent national security and public safety threats from reaching our borders.  The Supreme Court upheld these restrictions….

As federal and local authorities in Providence, Rhode Island, continue searching for the person who killed two Brown University students and injured nine others on Saturday, campus members and the broader community are grieving and dealing with a…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was taken to a hospital emergency room twice after her arrest last week by Iranian security forces, her family said Tuesday, following what they described as…

Presenting oral updates to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the situation in Venezuela has not improved since his last briefing in June.

“The crackdown on civic space has intensified,…

Since coming into office, the Trump administration has completely decimated our immigration system. They have targeted immigrants of all legal statuses, arrested and detained U.S. citizens, deported immigrants to third countries, left those…

This year marks the 50^th anniversary of the entry-into-force of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). To commemrorate the…

A rebel leader in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo says his fighters will withdraw from a key city at the request of the US.

Corneille Nangaa’s statement came days after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the capture of Uvira by rebel…

Thank you, Mr. President, for this open debate.

I would like to commend and thank His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, on his own behalf and on behalf of the Elders here present, as well as Ms. Anjali Dayal for their lucid and inspiring…