Nick Knudsen, executive director of DemCast USA, an advocacy group that uses digital media for voter

GENEVA( Reuters)-A group of more than 40 countries on Monday reiterated calls for Russia to allow an independent international investigation into the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in prison.... Russia's Investigative Committee says it has launched a procedural investigation into the death, and the Kremlin has said it does not bow to EU demands.... StarPicks FOSTERING, EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES( Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Sharon Singleton)....

GENEVA( Reuters)-The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Friday on the" grave" situation in Ethiopia, at the request of the European Union, a U.N. statement said on Monday. The request was supported by the required one-third of the forum's 47 member states as well as by observers including the United States, it said.A draft EU resolution being presented condemns violations committed by all sides in the conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, which U.N. right

close Video What threat does China pose to US agriculture?... " So, the thinking was, perhaps there's greater potential for less conflict over conservation in this part of the world." A herd of bison grazes in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park.... An estimated 800 bison currently roam on some of AP's property, a number the group hopes will swell to several thousand as part of its wildlife restoration plan....

close Video What threat does China pose to US agriculture?... " So, the thinking was, perhaps there's greater potential for less conflict over conservation in this part of the world." A herd of bison grazes in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park.... An estimated 800 bison currently roam on some of AP's property, a number the group hopes will swell to several thousand as part of its wildlife restoration plan....

By Emma Farge2 Min ReadGENEVA( Reuters)-The U.N. rights council on Tuesday approved a resolution expressing deep concern about abuses in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray and calling for the swift withdrawal of Eritrean troops which it said were “ exacerbating the conflict ”.... “ It is imperative for the Human Rights Council to be able to address this situation.” The EU text passed in a vote with 20 countries in favour, 14 against and 13 abstentions. Council member Eritrea voted against the

David Gergen has been a White House adviser to four presidents and is a senior political analyst at CNN.... A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is a professor of public service at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he founded the Center for Public Leadership.... The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the authors....

BILLINGS, Mont.... --U.S. officials on Wednesday announced approval of a conservation group's proposal to expand bison grazing on prairies in north-central Montana as part of a vast nature reserve over objections from some ranchers and elected officials. The decision allows the American Prairie group to graze bison on U.S. Bureau of Land Management property and to remove about 30 miles( 48 kilometers) of fences so the animals can roam more freely. The Bozeman-based group already has more than 8

Montana is not known as a swing state, but in the wake of the end of Roe v.... That ruling also reaffirmed the 1999 Armstrong v.... But what I'm trying to emphasize is that in Montana, and probably elsewhere, but in Montana, where I'm focused--it goes to the individual privacy and individual dignity that our constitution enshrines," he added....

Congressional candidate Derrick Van Orden, a Republican running to fill the Wisconsin seat held by US Rep Ron Kind of La Crosse, received two fines when he was caught with a gun in his carry-on luggage at an Iowa airport last August, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel first reported. Recent court documents unearthed by the Wisconsin newspaper showed that the Republican hopeful brought a loaded 9mm Sig Sauer handgun in his bag all the way to the security checkpoint of the Cedar Rapids airport in an i