Africa
The government of the Central African Republic and United Nations peacekeepers should urgently address sexual violence against women and girls by armed militia in the capital, Bangui. Human Rights Watch documented some cases in which ...
Turkish security forces have clashed with protesters in the mainly Kurdish south east of the country. The violence comes a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the Kurdistan Workers Party fighters would ...
An unprecedented situation. The number of migrants is expected to reach a historic high of 250 millions this year in the world on a mass influx of refugees background in Europe, according to estimates released ...
A meeting to decide whether to build a refugee centre ended in a riot in the Dutch town of Geldermalsen near Utrecht on Wednesday night. Around 2,000 people surrounded the venue where the town council ...
Friends and supporters of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer have scuffled with police outside the courthouse where his trial is taking place in Beijing. “If we, as ordinary people in China, don’t speak out, ...
At least 10 police officers have sustained injuries when a powerful explosion struck their two armored vehicles in Egypt’s violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the policemen were travelling ...
Today’s news is overwhelmed with questions on multiculturalism, diversity and peace. In this edition we take a look at how education can play a very important role in building intercultural tolerance and respect. Australia is ...
Amnesty International has called on Jordan to allow some 12,000 Syrian refugees stranded along the country’s border with Syria, warning of a worsening humanitarian situation. The rights group urged Amman to “take immediate action” in ...
According to a new report published Wednesday by the UN, More than 9,000 people have been killed since the conflict began in eastern Ukraine in April 2014. The total number of victims stands at least ...
An explosion in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula has killed four soldiers and injured four others as deadly violence continues unabated in the region, a report says. The blast occurred on Tuesday when a military convoy ...
