"Anti-protest" bills now pending in several states would exempt drivers who injure protesters blocking traffic from liability. Activists call it a green light to run them down.
ISIS militants attacked a security checkpoint near the gates of the 6th century St. Catherine's Monastery in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, as draconian emergency measures take effect.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's referendum granting himself sweeping powers took place in an atmosphere of terror, with opposition leaders silenced and detained.
At least 750 female detainees have joined in a hunger strike to protest harsh conditions at ICE's privately contracted 1,500-bed Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash.
Egyptian authorities declared a three-month state of emergency after twin ISIS bombings killed 43 at two Coptic churches in the Nile Delta on Palm Sunday.
Israeli forces detained Palestinian writer Khalida Ghusheh after raiding her home in East Jerusalem, citing the content of her newly published novel on life under occupation.
Lynne Stewart, the fighting activist attorney who gained fame with her 2005 conviction for “providing material support” to terrorism, died at her home in Brooklyn. (Photo: The Indypendent)
One of the Philippines' only lawmakers openly critical of President Rodrigo Duterte's blood-drenched "war on drugs" is herself facing "politically motivated" drug charges.
The Uighur people of China's Xinjiang province are coming under unprecedented surveillance and militarization amid official fears of terrorism in the far-western region.
Politicians wielding a dehumanizing rhetoric are creating a more divided and dangerous world, warns Amnesty International in its new annual report.
The Philippines' ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte pledged to dismantle his deadly anti-drug units after police kidnapped and killed a South Korean executive.
The Philippines' ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte now threatens to actually impose martial law across the country if the drug problem becomes "very virulent."
