U.N. Human Rights Council

A prominent human rights attorney has quietly parted ways with the International Criminal Court to protest what he sees as an unjustified failure of its chief prosecutor to indict members of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's government for crimes against humanity, The Associated Press has learned.

World leaders expressed outrage over reports of dead Ukrainian civilians — many of whom appear to have been executed — strewn about in Bucha, a city northwest of Kyiv.

With the death toll nearing 200 and thousands more civilians left homeless, the United Nations is pushing for a cease-fire.

The change is part of the president's plan to reshape U.S. foreign policy to center "on democracy, human rights, and equality," Secretary of State Antony Blinken says.

COMMENTARY Cuba's welcome to the U.N. Human Rights Council confirms the organization's hypocrisy. But nations – and exiles – can change that if they try.