Prime Minister Imran Khan shocked by the horrific accident'

People remain trapped in derailed train cars

Rights groups say police investigations into journalists, protesters and opposition lawmakers have p

Michele Bachelet also says/Hamas/rocket attacks on Israel violated/humanitarian laws/

'Belligerents in the Tigray region should declare and adhere to a cease-fire, and Eritrean and Amhar

Changes would allow president to pick judges without lawmaker approval

The military said a team of paramilitary forces was moving to install  a border fence in the souther

Groups call for victims' rights and grievances to be placed at the center of the peace process

The Kakuma and Dadaab camps are home to over 400,000 refugees and asylum-seekers

Police in Cali reportedly opened fire on demonstrators who were protesting tax reforms

PM warns country may soon face health crisis similar to India unless current tide of infections is r

High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet says evidence presented in Floyd's case was 'crystal clear' and

Banned Islamist party wants Pakistan to expel the French ambassador over French president's remarks

HRW report comes as two detained transgender women, one a local social media celebrity, face up to f

Chinese and French oil companies involved in pipeline project, to be built from Uganda to Tanzania,

Civil disobedience movement aimed at disrupting junta has forced hospitals to close and testing rate

Investigation has been opened into crime that carries the death penalty in majority-Muslim nation

Free Burma Rangers also say thousands displaced by airstrikes, ground attacks in violation of junta-

EU officials strongly criticize Turkey but offer Ankara key concessions 

Russian foreign minister meeting with counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, and Pakistani Prime Ministe

Natalia Sedletska, who hosts the award-winning investigative TV program Schemes, has been locked in

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken says some governments used pandemic as pretext' to consolidate auth

The latest attack, months after a mob demolished a Hindu temple in the country's northwest, drew cri

Hope rises salvage efforts would free a mammoth container ship blocking the Suez Canal for six days,

The law imposes stricter identification requirements, limits drop boxes, gives lawmakers the power t

Authorities have ordered UN refugee agency to make plans to close two refugee camps that are home to

Doctors Without Borders says government troops shot and killed 4 men they forced off a civilian bus

Police in the Chaman border town say the explosive device was hidden in a motorcycle

Pakistan's parliament recognized the third gender in 2018, giving such individuals fundamental right

Acting as 'penalty enhancers,' most state hate crime laws call for an increase in sentencing when an

Groups call for investigations to track, punish the traffickers 

Nine activists have been killed in four provinces in reportedly coordinated, simultaneous police-mil

Policed have told Rohingya refugees living in slums in Jammu city that more Rohingyas are to be roun

The support for Kristen Clarke, who is nominated to be assistant attorney general for civil rights,

The designations prevent travel by members to the United States, freeze any US-related assets, ban A

Adviser says Trump is irked that three groups have supported Republican lawmakers who joined Democra

President Joe Biden's order revokes ban blocking US funding to women's health organizations that pro

New laws adopted by country's government seen undermining fundamental freedoms and leading to a furt

Violations reportedly widespread and being perpetrated at an alarming rate as country enters its sev

Detainees have complained of memory loss and other health impacts from the devices in their cells

More than 1,000 Myanmar nationals sent back home hours after high court ordered a stay pending appea

So far none of the big-name sponsors has endorsed the Uighur campaigners' calls for justice

Comments by army spokesman Maj. Gen. Babar Iftikhar follow last Friday's visit to Pakistan by US Cen

Malaysia does not officially recognize refugees from any country, but authorities have typically all

Police say victims were traveling to work when their vehicle was ambushed in North Waziristan tribal

UN refugee agency reports killings and kidnappings are continuing this year in the country's volatil

Cambodia's plan for national internet gateway will give authorities greater control over internet co

Government has denied social media reports suggesting Somali troops were killed in Ethiopia's Tigray

Turkey said victims had been kidnapped by PKK militants

'We need more than a statement on a piece of paper' UN official says

Beijing blasts push for boycott, promising to 'retaliate fiercely' as others say the International O

New report claims federal forces broke laws of war with attacks on Humera, Shire, and Mekelle

Activists say the case shows how difficult it is to change the practice in Mali

The arrangement allows Afghanistan access to Pakistani seaports, as well as land routes, to conduct

State Department did not respond to VOA Persian request for comment on letter by 38 Iran-based dissi

Attacks by ADF killed at least 849 civilians and injured dozens last year in Ituri and North Kivu pr

Guo Feixiong on hunger strike after being stopped at airport