France’s highest administrative court will decide Friday whether to overturn the ban on wearing the full-body burkini swimsuit which has sparked controversy at home and abroad. The State Council heard arguments Thursday from the Human Rights League and an anti-Islamophobia group who are seeking to reverse a decision by the ...
The UN human rights chief is calling for an international investigation of human rights violations in Yemen’s war, which has killed thousands. Zeid Raad al-Hussein’s call came as his Geneva office on Thursday released a 22-page report chronicling abuses in the war. “Civilians in Yemen have suffered unbearably over the ...
