The turmoil presents an opportunity for accountability. Human Rights Watch (HRW), founded in 1978 by Robert Bernstein to “pry open closed societies, advocate basic freedoms and support dissenters,” ...

Little is known about the two sets of skeletal remains uncovered during an excavation in downtown Frederick last week — only that police are convinced they’re “historic in nature.” The bones were ...

As the war dragged on, soldiers and writers struggled to explain what mass killing meant for humanity itself. Figures like Ernst Jünger embraced violence as a revelation, arguing that war exposed ...

People in the West say they must avoid a new Cold War without realizing that they are already in one – and China is winning. Qin Hui, professor emeritus of history and economics at Tsinghua University ...

War is no longer fought only by soldiers — today, machines walk beside them, fly ahead of them, and sometimes pull the trigger for them. From the U.S. Army’s robotic mules to China’s armed quadrupeds, ...

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The United Nations Human Rights Council on October 6 extended a project to gather evidence of human rights violations and war crimes associated with Sri Lanka’s civil war for at least two more years.

Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing at the conclusion of Mass for the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 5, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Credit: ...

The mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts is "declaring a war on human trafficking" after the city shut down two spas. Police arrested the Beauty Garden Spa's manager, Suping Zhu, 38, in New York after a ...

GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. expert monitoring human rights in Russia said Monday that "repression is escalating," targeting civilians, journalists and even Ukrainian prisoners of war in an attempt to silence ...

Inside the University Library, a capsule of human conflict and the remnants of individuals affected by war are preserved. A birthday card featuring a smiling dog, a pair of red leather shoes and a ...