Since 2003, nearly 900 indigenous have been killed in a violent manner in Brazil.

Around 85 percent of world’s Muslims are Sunni and about 15 percent are Shiite. The groups rarely pray together.

“One must not take my homily to be a call to defend ourselves against the refugees, this was not at all my intention.”

Sean Callahan will succeed Carolyn Y. Woo, who ends her five-year term at the end of 2016.

Indonesia has struggled for years to combat illegal logging that destroys the tropical forest habitat of unique animal species and deprives the government of significant revenue.

Holding leaders accountable for negligence is "critical to the whole picture," said a commission member.