Approximately 35,000 students from over 150 countries have participated in the International Summer School (ISS) since its ...

One of Iran’s leading human-rights defenders warns that authorities there will turn on their own people to consolidate power ...

The Dalai Lama is revered as a deity by millions of Tibetan Buddhists and known worldwide as a resolute voice for peace, ...

President Donald Trump is on a winning streak when it comes to negotiating peace deals, and he may be able to add another ...

Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi and John Moolenaar, members of the China panel, have nominated the Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) and freedom of expression advocate Li Ying, also known as "Teacher Li ...

An award ceremony in Stockholm is planned for Dec. 4, days before the Nobel Prizes are handed out. Thunberg has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Each of the four Right Livelihood ...

Mother Teresa was canonized into Saint Teresa at the Vatican on Sunday morning, joining Saint Nicholas, Joan of Arc and thousands of others the Church found to be performing miracles on Earth ...

She was once called “the most dangerous woman in Africa.” But Andrée Blouin described herself as an African woman “inflamed by injustice” on a mission to free her continent from colonial rule. She was ...