UN rights chief says Myanmar’s junta committing crimes against humanity
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has accused Myanmar’s military junta of committing crimes against humanity, warning that the situation in...
Mozambique crisis fueled by corporate, government greed not Isis
Recent attacks by armed insurgents, or Al-Shabab, near Mozambique’s $20 billion liquefied national gas project under development by French company Total SE may have...
Iran’s FM Zarif discusses latest regional developments with Turkmenistan officials, wraps up Central Asian tour
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with top Turkmen officials in Ashgabat, where they discussed the latest regional and bilateral developments. Mr. Zarif,...
France to open archive for period covering Rwandan genocide
PARIS—France’s role before and during the 1994 Rwandan genocide was a “monumental failure” that the country must acknowledge, the lead author of a report...
Egypt under international fire for rights abuses
The United Nations Human Rights Council has called out the Arab Republic of Egypt to end suppression of freedoms of expression and assembly. The...
Biden following in Trump’s footsteps, time to abandon pressure policy: Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lashed out at the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden for upholding the same pressure policy of...
UN investigation concludes French military airstrike killed Mali civilians
In a recent statement, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has concluded that a Jan. 3 French military airstrike on the central Malian...
Cuba has the highest rate of recovered Covid-19 patients in the Americas
(GRANMA)—With the highest rate of patients recovered from Covid-19 in the Americas —94.2% as of March 20, according to the Ministry of Public Health—and...
Covid-19 origins report inconclusive: We must ‘leave no stone unturned’—WHO chief
The report from a team of international scientists assembled by the World Health Organization (WHO) to examine how Covid-19 first spread to humans was...
Report: Military cleanup in Puerto Rico islands slow-going
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—The reopening of hiking trails and various white-sand beaches on two tiny Puerto Rican islands long used as Navy bombing ranges...