North Korea's foreign minister says his country will "never ever be bound" by U.N. resolutions critical of its human rights record. Ri Su Yong told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva that any resolutions against the reclusive Communist country will only…

A U.N. report describing sweeping crimes like children and the disabled being burned alive and fighters being allowed to rape women as payment shows South Sudan is facing "one of the most horrendous human rights situations in the world," the U.N. human rights…

304 Cuban dissidents have been arrested in 2 days, according to a human rights organization in the island nation.

Nearly three years into a heavy crackdown overseen by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, allegations of human rights abuses including killings, torture and secret detentions are starting to bring an international backlash from the Egyptian leader's allies.…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry dealt delicately on Thursday with concerns about persistent human rights abuses in Bahrain, stressing America's close military ties to one of several Persian Gulf countries with which it wants to enhance cooperation on fighting…