Dr. Anas al-Akhras passed away, activists from the embattled city of Homs said. So, no need now for an immediate transfer for the prominent Human rights activist outside Homs to receive treatment after suffering from a serious disease, they added. The well-known...

  To have your passport renewed is a big trouble if you are from the opposition and you want to go to your country embassy where the embassies' employees intended to despise Syrians who are looking for services related to their residency in the host country....

Federal prosecutors have documented at least 350 instances of faulty background investigations done by private contractors and special agents for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in recent years, illustrating what some lawmakers call systemic weaknesses in the granting of federal...

Accord aims to stop the spread of guns to human-rights violators, but critics say it violates Americans' rights Secretary of State John Kerry signed the  U.N. Arms Trade Treaty  Wednesday, joining 89 other countries in support of an international solution to the proliferation...