Human Rights

The administration moved Tariq el Sawah to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Abdelaziz al Swidi to Montenegro. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

National Security

Obama transfers two more Gitmo detainees

Susan Crabtree · January 21, 2016 7:17 pm

Reports revealed months of secret talks over the prisoners at least partly tied to the nuclear deal. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Despite White House claims, prisoner deal looks linked to Iran nuclear deal after all

Dan Friedman · January 18, 2016 12:47 am

As in China, Vietnam's population control regime has been a victim of its own success. (AP Photo)

Vietnam reconsiders its two-child policy

Daniel Allott · January 11, 2016 7:38 pm

GOP, Dems reject Obama’s delay, call for Iran sanctions

Pete Kasperowicz · January 7, 2016 5:19 pm

French Ambassador to the U.S. Gerard Araud calls burning of embassy "spectacular, but not war." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

French ambassador to U.S.: ‘Iranians obliged to react’ with attack on Saudi embassy

Dan Friedman · January 2, 2016 11:36 pm

State Department condemns 47 executions in Saudi Arabia as embassy burns in Iran

Kyle Feldscher · January 2, 2016 10:19 pm

Saudis execute 47, including dissident Shiite cleric

Saudis execute 47, including dissident Shiite cleric

Curt Mills · January 2, 2016 4:11 pm

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, greets refugees fleeing from Syria, as they arrive at Pearson International airport, in Toronto. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

National Security

Canada to double Syrian refugees in 2016

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2015 1:17 pm

Often overlooked in the conflicts in the Middle East is the havoc wars wreak on children and basic education. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

Education: The missing piece in the refugee crisis

Jeremy Barker · December 22, 2015 5:01 am

Certain Unalienable Rights

Certain Unalienable Rights

John Londregan · November 23, 2015 9:50 pm

"The Iranian authorities shouldn't think they are getting a pass on human rights just because the nuclear accord has been signed," said Sarah Leah Whitson (on right), Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

U.N. panel raps Iran for ‘alarming’ executions

Daniel Chaitin · November 20, 2015 3:41 am

The office for Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., on Tuesday confirmed that district staffer Marianne Viverito died earlier in the day.

Lipinski: I have my doubts on trade deal

Rep Dan Lipinski · November 14, 2015 7:00 pm