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Up to 11,200 troops could be needed for a UN peacekeeping mission in Mali but a "parallel" military force will have to ...

Southeast Asian leaders on Sunday endorsed a human rights declaration which they called a breakthrough for the region ...

China adopted a law on Friday to protect for the first time the rights of the mentally ill after years of accusations ...

South Sudanese soldiers have killed, raped and tortured civilians in the troubled eastern state of Jonglei, ...

World leaders on Tuesday mourned the death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi with high praise after the ...

The United Nations called an end to its observer mission in Syria on Thursday, while activists reported more ...

The United Nations, not Syria, must investigate the Houla massacre, Human Rights Watch said adding that witness ...

Russia and China, who twice blocked UN resolutions to condemn ally Syria, were Monday stepping efforts to find a ...

Malaysia on Monday defended its deportation of a Saudi journalist wanted at home for comments deemed insulting to the ...

Six months after the world`s youngest country euphorically declared its independence, South Sudan is riven by ...

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta conveyed his "deep concern" to Egypt`s military ruler over police raids on ...

The human rights situation remains "critical" in Afghanistan despite the Taliban`s ouster 10 years ago, Human Rights ...

Iran on Thursday hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in the shrine city of Qom, south of the capital Tehran, ...

The 19th Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit and the Sixth East Asian Summit will not discuss the ...

One year on from an election condemned by the West as a farce, military-dominated Myanmar has surprised critics with a ...