A Dictatorship is Characterized by a single ruler holding absolute power. Roman Dictators such as Julius Caesar and Nero ruled with no mercy. Dictators like Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan conquered their domains. Dictators were...

Controversial former army general who twice failed to win presidency named defence minister.

Two experts talk about who's fuelling the conflict in Sudan, how Russia, the Wagner Group and China are all playing a role and why.

Sudan’s capital has turned into a war zone as two rival factions battle for control, but other countries are also playing a role. McGill Associate Professor Khalid Medani and War Child Canada President Samantha Nutt break down how...

In an exclusive interview with CBC News chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the United Nations is engaged in a "serious negotiation" with China about granting UN officials access to...

China is sanctioning nine U.K. citizens, accusing them of spreading lies about the treatment of Uighur Muslims after London imposed penalties on Chinese officials.

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Rami Khouri, a journalism professor at the University of Beirut, says it's important that demands for an inquiry into journalist Jamal Khashoggi's assassination continue and that Khashoggi remains a symbol...

Video released by Ukraine's emergency ministry shows a rescue operation underway following a Russian airstrike on a residential area in Zhytomyr, about 140 kilometers (85 miles) west of Kyiv. The strike on late Tuesday was near a...

Video recorded by the Associated Press shows a missile in the ground near residential buildings in Kharkiv. Troops are defending Ukraine's second-largest city from an attack by Russian forces, according to Ukrainian military authorities....

Credit Suisse Group AG managed accounts for clients involved in human rights abuses, corruption and drug trafficking, according to newspaper reports based on leaked data on more than 18,000 accounts that together held more than $100...

Last year the U.S. Joined other nations in formally declaring China’s treatment of Uighurs a genocide.

The U.N. condemned abuses including arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention.

The NBA has faced backlash from Shanghai and Washington alike over how it handled a manager's tweet about Hong Kong.

Dahua and Hikvision are accused of being connected to China's military and human rights abuses. Amazon profits by selling their products online.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko "bears full responsibility" for the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Ukraine, according to exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. "He tricked us into this war. He is an accomplice of...

Jun.23 -- The U.S. is poised to bar some solar products made in China’s Xinjiang region, according to several people familiar with the matter. This would mark one of the Biden administration’s biggest steps yet to counter alleged human...

Oksana Markarova, Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S., says that Russia used a thermobaric weapon during its bombardment on Monday. "They used the vacuum bomb today, which is actually prohibited by Geneva Conventions," Markarova said after...

The conservative kingdom will allow tourism from 49 countries, including the U.S. and China.

This year, Independence Day in a shaken Afghanistan is one of contradictions from the Taliban and challenges from a vocal, young generation.

Chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby denounced President Vladimir Putin for the "depravity" of Russia's tactics in Ukraine and the "bizarre" claims he has made about his reasons for waging war there. "There's not even an attempt by Russia...

Vladimir Milov fled Russia last month after colleagues were arrested, placed under house arrest or criminally investigated.

After a missile struck Kharkiv's regional��administration��on the city's central square Tuesday morning, officials from the U.S. and allied nations expect more indiscriminate tactics by Russian forces in the next few days, promising a...

Russian military forces have overall control of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. "For the time being it is purely Ukrainian staff running the...

Interviews with Peter Tatchell and Jayne Ozanne outside Lambeth Palace as protesters demand equal marriage rights for LGBT members of the Church of England.