Police chased down student protesters and dragged them onto trucks Friday in Myanmar’s third such crackdown on public demonstrations in as many days. Authorities went after five students after they broke off from 200 other ...
The living conditions of nearly 2 million Palestinians residing in the Gaza Strip have been undermined by the enduring blockade against the enclave, the United Nations humanitarian office reported today. The longstanding restrictions on the ...
The European Union (EU)’s top human rights watchdog warned that torture at the hands of European police and prison officers is feeding the threat of terrorism across the continent, demanding an end to such ill-treatment. ...
A 10-year-old girl was killed and five other civilians were injured when five mortar shells hit al-Sayida Zeinab area in the southern suburbs of Damascus, a police source told the Syrian Arab News Agency, SANA, ...
A boat capsized off Sicily when the migrants aboard rushed to meet rescuers, killing at least 10 people, the Italian coastguard said Wednesday. « The migrants, as they frequently do, all rushed to one side of ...
A new WHO guideline recommends adults and children reduce their daily intake of free sugars to less than 10% of their total energy intake. A further reduction to below 5% or roughly 25 grams (6 ...
A video posted online shows a group of American police officers fatally shot a homeless man. The armature video showed the police officers scuffle with a man standing on a sidewalk in Skid Row area ...
Police in the United States have arrested five activists who were protesting against crimes committed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Dozens of people gathered outside the Washington Convention Center where Netanyahu, who arrived in ...
An international medical aid organization has expressed concern over the threat posed by a severe lack of food to the lives of thousands of refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) who have sought shelter ...
A new study says racial and ethnic discrimination continues to be an obstacle for many in the Mexican labor market. The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America reports that the study determined lighter-skinned ...