Between a reduction in freedoms in the U.S. and an uptick in organized collaboration among autocracies around the world, Freedom House’s most recent Freedom in the World report paints a stark image of ...

As violence in Egypt and Libya unfold, the Obama administration is continuing to get criticism for its handling of the protests. Sarah Palin hammered President Obama for being “naïve” about trying to ...

For the 16th consecutive year, Norway was named the most democratic country in the world, with a score of 9.81. New Zealand and Sweden followed. Afghanistan has been the lowest-ranked country since ...

The United States is in a period with a “persistence of diminished democracy,” according to a report that will be released on Tuesday. It’s the third study released in the last week that concludes ...

Opinion: America should inspire Iran toward democracy, not act like a conqueror, especially under President Trump's ...

The bulwarks of self-government have given way under multiple MAGA putsches. Instead of pledging to protect our democracy, Democrats need a plan to restore it Protesters carry a coffin symbolizing the ...

In Geneva, efforts to secure an international treaty to curb plastic pollution are in doubt on the final day of negotiations. Nearly 100 of the 184 countries gathered at the United Nations talks ...

MOSCOW—After almost 15 years, the collapse of communism has produced elections but not democracy in most of the 15 nations that were created from the breakup of the Soviet Union. Across much of ...

The head of the United Nations migration agency has called for a ceasefire and a humanitarian aid corridor in Sudan to help civilians trapped in the city of El Fasher, which was captured by the ...

The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) has hailed Monday’s decision by the Supreme Court, affirming the President’s power to declare emergency rule ...