Thousands of mentally-disabled persons hidden in 'care' centers across Indonesia, according to new report; Sadly, such abuses are happening across the globe
States, localities employ various methods to challenge ability of Native Americans and other minorities to vote in local, state and federal elections
Iran's Assembly of Experts may be called on to name successor to the Supreme Leader, but it's not a decision they'll make alone.
Even staunch hardliners in Iran government recognize nuclear deal, global trade necessary for republic's economic well-being
Even if reformists do well in Friday's dual elections, Iran's political structure won't allow for much change
Marginalized youth from across the globe are flocking to the Islamic State. Could volunteerism be the answer?
They say they have been facing a dangerous water contaminant for decades - uranium – but the problem has received far less attention than water contamination by lead in Flint, Michigan
Iranians are waiting to see whether lifting of sanctions, unfreezing of assets following historic nuclear deal will translate into more job opportunities, more rials in their pockets
Details include ‘inhumane and degrading’ prison conditions, sexual violence and torture, leading to disappearance and death of tens of thousands in government detention centers
Democratic and Republican candidates deeply divided over America's role in fighting IS, Iran nuclear deal and how to stem Russian and Chinese expansion
Today, most of the organizers of the 2011 protest are in jail, but activists on the outside say that ideas can't be so easily repressed
Robert Levinson, now the longest-held hostage in US history, disappeared in Iran in 2007 while working unofficially for the CIA
Cairo said to be heightening crackdown on journalists, activists ahead of fifth anniversary of January 25, 2011 popular uprisings that ousted Hosni Mubarak
Proposed legislation comes in midst of bitter feud between religious nationalists and political left, which views it as an attack on human rights groups in Israel
Reaction to increased background checks for gun sales ranges from doubts about sincerity to questioning why it took so long
Bahrain has long blamed civil unrest on Tehran, but activists, analysts say evidence is lacking
Coverage has been largely eclipsed by such stories as the Iran-Saudi rift and the release of a new video by Islamic State group
Last week's municipal elections seen as having marked another step toward women's full participation in Saudi civic life
More than 8,700 airstrikes have been conducted on targets in Iraq, Syria by coalition partners; debate rages on next steps, including use of ground troops
As many as 250 Native American languages once were spoken across US; today, dozens are critically endangered and 50 are extinct
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