(WEBPUBLICAPRESS) New York – Starkly injecting race into his criticism of liberal Democrats, President Donald Trump said four congresswomen of color should go back to the “broken and crime infested” countries they came from, ignoring the fact that all of the women are American citizens and three were born in the United States,…

By Carla Bleiker (DW) – Washington - Grace Meng from Human Rights Watch told DW that even though recent immigration raids in US cities weren’t as extensive as planned, they still struck fear in migrant communities. She also criticized new US asylum policy. DW: How extensive were the long-announced Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

By John J. Metzler - UNITED NATIONS — In a stunningly stark report on the political and economic conditions in Venezuela, the UN’s Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet, outlined a troubling litany of continuing human rights abuses, extrajudicial killings, and economic privations characterizing the besieged Latin American country. The groundbreaking report by the…

By Thalif Deen - UNITED NATIONS – The nominations of Christine Lagarde of France as the first woman to head the European Central Bank (ECB) and Ursula von der Leyen of Germany as the first woman to lead the 28-nation European Commission, have been described as significant landmarks in the higher…

DEUTSCHE WELLE (DW) – WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaking at the State Department on Monday, announced the creation of a new, 10-person commission to advise him on human rights issues. The Commission on Unalienable Rights will be led by Mary Ann Glendon, a Harvard law professor,…

By Rebecca Staudenmaier (DW) – Far more people are killed in homicides around the world than in conflict zones, a sweeping UN study has found. The rates of women being killed due to domestic violence is also on the rise. Criminal activity is responsible for more deaths around the world than terror…

(WEBPUBLICAPRESS) NEW YORK/ISTANBUL - The new mega-Istanbul Airport served a flight every 74 seconds, according to the report by Turkish daily Hurriyet News. The new Airport took over air traffic from the former Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on 6. April 2019. By July 1, the average passenger number per aircraft was determined to be 160, according to…