UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on Venezuela to release jailed dissidents Friday and said the crisis-wracked country faced a "serious" humanitarian situation. Her comments came at the end of a three-day visit to the country on the invitation of embattled...

For the first time in 59 years of independence, Mauritanians vote on Saturday for a successor to a democratically-elected president, though a government insider campaigning on a message of continuity is heavily tipped to win. Polls opened at 7 a.m. (0700 GMT) in the election to replace...

Palestinians on Friday converged near the fence that separates Gaza strip from Israel, to demonstrate against Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories.  Gaza’s National Authority for Return and Breaking the Siege (NARBS), which organizes weekly rallies, called on...

U.S. immigration authorities plan to launch Sunday a sweeping effort to deport recently arrived families who are in the United States illegally, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing three unnamed U.S. officials. In a call with reporters earlier this week, Mark Morgan, the acting...