In the occupied West Bank, illegal Israeli settlements are dramatically increasing, encouraged by the Israeli government and protected by th...

In a speech, Isaac Herzog, whose role is largely ceremonial, delivered a grave indictment of settler attacks in the West Bank and abuse of p...

The defendant allegedly burned one child with a cigarette lighter and another with what appeared to be a heated fork. Chelsea man facing s...

Hunger is being increasingly exploited as a weapon of war with more than 20,000 documented incidents of “food-related violence” in the pas...

Violence and overcrowding hampers Ebola response in DRC.

Activists on board a humanitarian flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces on their way to Gaza say they were subjected to beatings, torture a...

Nine countries including UK, Germany and France warn settlements in occupied West Bank a 'breach of international law'.

Italy, France, Britain, and Germany have urged the Israeli government to halt settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank and condemned r...

Activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla have accused the Israeli military of beatings and sexual assault - Israel has strongly denied the...

A video of a Palestinian family’s dog being savagely beaten has spread widely in the days after the attack.

The global economy is entering a more fragile period as geopolitical conflicts, rising energy costs and financial instability threaten globa...

Political violence has no place in American life, and the media, politicians and the public should reject it completely.

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor reported on Tuesday that UN bodies and experts, along with several human rights organizations, h...

Exclusive: The Independent’s crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin joined officers checking on victims of domestic abuse as part of new opera...

Fans and rights groups have raised safety concerns in Mexico, which opens the FIFA World Cup on June 11 .