The Council of Europe has defended the independence of the European Court of Human Rights, after nine member states said its interpretation of rights obligations prevented them from expelling ...

This has led the researchers to conclude that it instead hitched a ride there with other animals via the wildlife trade, consistent with what happened during the SARS outbreak in 2002. The study was ...

In the last decade, report after report has warned that the Arctic is heating up faster than ever, cities are scorching, the ...

A human rights group says a Belarusian man has died in prison while serving a prison sentence for insulting the country’s ...