Headlines
  • Despite a recently extended ceasefire, 14 people were killed by Israeli strikes on the country's south on Sunday, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
  • Hezbollah rejected claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the pro-Iranian group violated the ceasefire agreement, saying on Sunday that it will react to Israel's "violations" of the ceasefire in Lebanon.
  • Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, departed Islamabad for Moscow, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
  • North Korea and Russia agree on "long-term" military cooperation.
  • At least 19 people were killed in a bombing on a highway in southwestern Colombia, and the authorities are holding a drug lord who was formerly a member of the FARC insurgent group accountable.

Year: 2019

August 2, 2019

Equatorial Guinea: 40 Years of Repression...

Equatorial Guineans who turn 40 this year were born, and grew up, in a country where human rights have been constantly and systematically violated. For too long, people have lived in a climate of fear because of impunity over human rights violations and abuses including the jailing of human rights defenders, activists and political opponents on trumped up charges,” said Marta Colomer, Amnesty International’s West Africa Senior Campaigner

Human Rights Watch Accuses Kenya Police...

Human Rights Watch has accused Kenya’s police force of carrying out extrajudicial killings of at least 21 young men and boys in the informal settlements of Nairobi over the past year

Slum Kids Of Bishkek

“We have debts to several grocery stores,” says 10-year-old Turdubek. He and his neighbor Aizirek spoke to us about their hard, impoverished lives in the slums of the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek

Pakistan Mangoes Try To Break Into...

The mango is indigenous to India and Pakistan but the US gets most of its supply from Central and S America. In fact, it’s hard to find Pakistani and Indian mangoes in the United States even though the region produces nearly 40 percent of the world’s supply

Police, Uyghur Twitter Campaign Contradict China’s...

China presented the two top ethnic Uyghur officials in the XUAR at a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday to deliver a surprising claim that the vast majority of Uyghurs had completed training in re-education camps and rejoined their families

As Kazakhstan’s Activists Find Their Voice,...

Thanks to Alnur Ilyashev’s efforts, citizens and movements opposed to how the government is being run will – on June 30 – be able to state their case in an Almaty public square without running the risk of arrest

“Not Only Record Global Warming, But...

The UN chief called on the parties to avoid destabilizing developments and to urgently seek an agreement on a new common path for international arms control. He also strongly encouraged the United States and Russia to extend the ‘New Start’ agreement to provide stability and the time to negotiate future arms control measures

August 1, 2019

Tajik Vloggers In Hot Water Over...

A secretly filmed video report about sex workers in the Tajik capital has landed its authors in hot water as authorities accuse them of breaching privacy laws.

Open letter: RSF Urges Pakistani PM...

A year after becoming head of the Pakistani government, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges Prime Minister Imran Khan to acknowledge the alarming deterioration in the state of press freedom in the country, and to take urgent measures to remedy

As Hungry Monkeys Destroy Crops, Indian...

In India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh, a burgeoning monkey population poses a huge threat to agriculture, prompting many to abandon farming. Displaced by shrinking forests and rapid growth of urban centers, the animals raid farms in search of food, destroying crops worth millions of dollars

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