A rickety boat, a questionable captain, a midnight journey on the violent seas that separate Europe from the African continent.

The United States has a record of human rights abuses despite its position as a leading voice on human rights issues worldwide, legal experts said Friday.

Twitter is officially banned in Iran, but Iranians still chose it as their main platform for expressing elation over the news of a framework nuclear agreement.

U.S. Police: Education levels and the use of force

The mystery of Mexico’s missing students

“ISIS Female”: Why women are drawn to join

A new Vatican document stating that gay people “have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian” drew mixed responses from some Catholics in the U.S.

“For me, college will always be the place where I was raped by a serial rapist, and then the administration ignored me…” –- Emma Sulkowicz

Voices of the Turkish people after producer Willa Frej spent some time in Istanbul (or something along those lines)

Why are honor killings still happening? My conversation with Rula Jebreal