Forty people have died in protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo against President Joseph Kabila, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday, accusing security forces of using excessive force and then trying to remove evidence. ...
Angry residents are blocking access for health workers to dozens of remote villages in Guinea, in a sign of persistent mistrust that could threaten President Alpha Conde’s aim to eradicate Ebola from the country by ...
Amnesty International has lashed out at the Western leaders for turning a blind eye to human rights violations in Saudi Arabia, voicing concern over the fate of the jailed Saudi activist, Raif Badawi. « The Saudi ...
A new armed group is on the rise in Mexico’s violence-wracked Michoacan state. It’s called Los Viagras, and its members say they are fighting for « social causes ». The shadowy group is nevertheless also trying to ...
Stay away from the windows, don’t come out of hiding until the shootout is over and keep your hands visible to police at all times. That is the advice Brazil’s Red Cross is offering the ...
German police Thursday arrested and searched the homes of two suspected members of the extremist Daesh group who had returned from Syria, authorities said. The two German nationals, identified as Mustafa C., 26, and 27-year-old ...
A suspected suicide car bomb attack hit a hotel near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, causing casualties, police and witnesses said. The attack, which bore the hallmarks of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab ...
A terrorist car bomb blast hit Ikrima neighborhood in Homs city on Wednesday, SANA reported. Homs Governor Talal al-Barazi told SANA that 7 civilians were killed and 35 others were injured due to the explosion, ...
Several hundred asylum seekers at the Australian-run detention center in Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s Manus Island have remained on hunger strike for the eighth day to protest against their living conditions. The hunger strike continued ...
daesh group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages unless they receive $200 million in 72 hours, directly demanding the ransom Tuesday from Japan’s premier during his visit to the Middle East. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...