Three United Nations experts on Tuesday called on Bangladesh government to stop harassing the representatives of the human rights organisation Odhikar and ensure respect for due process. ‘This case is
The Netherlands is set to hand back hundreds of precious artefacts taken from Indonesia and Sri Lanka during its colonial period. Objects to be returned include a gem-encrusted bronze cannon
At least 300 people who were traveling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant aid group Walking Borders said on Sunday, Reuters reports. Two
North Korea on Monday threatened to shoot down any US spy planes violating its airspace and condemned Washington’s plans to deploy a nuclear missile submarine near the Korean peninsula. A
Hundreds of German police have used batons and pepper spray to quell crowds targeting an Eritrean cultural festival in the central town of Giessen. The protesters were angry that the
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Group in New York, strongly condemned the despicable act of desecration of the Holy Quran outside a mosque in Sweden on the occasion of
A passenger bus lost control and veered off a road and into a 75-foot-deep (25 meter-deep) gully in southern Mexico early Wednesday, killing at least 29 passengers, officials said. The
Last year, 27,180 grave violations were committed against children caught up in war – the highest number ever verified by the UN, the Security Council heard on Wednesday. Presenting her
US defense chief Lloyd Austin has ordered measures aimed at improving security after a trove of top secret documents leaked online earlier this year, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The move
A report conducted by International Organization for Migration and François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University revealed that more than half of child trafficking victims are