US vice president Kamala Harris arrived in South Korea a day after the North fired two short range ballistic missiles off its east coast. The launch, which breaches UN sanctions,…
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World Organisation against Torture, says Over 500 dead in Libya torture, executions
A leading rights group campaigning against torture says that law enforcement agents and militias in Libya killed at least 581 civilians between the start of 2020 and March this year. According to…
Iran protests: Death toll rises to 76 as crackdown intensifies – rights group
At least 76 protesters have been killed by Iranian security forces during 11 days of unrest sparked by the death of a woman in custody, activists say. Iran Human Rights (IHR),…
Russia Not Ruling Out Sabotage In Nord Stream Damage
President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former United State intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, nine years after he exposed the scale of secret surveillance operations by the National Security…
Ethiopian Orthodox faithful call for peace during Meskel festival
Thousands of Orthodox Christians gathered in Addis Ababa to celebrate the annual festival of Meskel, which marks the historic discovery of the cross on which Jesus was crucified. The final…
Protests as Japan honours slain ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
Several thousand protesters have gathered as a state funeral begins for Japan’s slain former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Leaders from around the world have also arrived in Tokyo for the…