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MH17 probe hampered by volatile security at crash site: UN

The United Nations said here Friday that a probe into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 is being hampered ...

Arab League denounces Israeli `war crimes` in meeting on Gaza

Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi accused Israel on Monday of war crimes, as Egypt asked Arab foreign ministers at a ...

Jordanian prince becomes UN`s next rights chief

The UN General Assembly Monday approved the nomination of Jordans Prince Zeid al-Hussein as the next human rights ...

Amnesty says some Israeli West Bank killings may be war crimes

Israeli forces are using excessive, reckless violence in the occupied West Bank, killing dozens of Palestinians over ...

Abe visits Yasukuni war shrine

Japan's nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid tribute at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni war shrine on Thursday, ...

Commonwealth leaders meet, Sri Lanka human rights under scrutiny

Leaders of the Commonwealth of mostly former British colonies gathered in Colombo on Friday for a biennial summit ...

Pentagon reveals "indefinite detainees" list

The Pentagon released Monday the names of Guantanamo Bay`s 46 "indefinite detainees," terror suspects considered too ...

UN rights team believes chemical weapons used in Syria

United Nations human rights investigators said on Tuesday they had "reasonable grounds" to believe that limited ...

Bangladesh arrests three atheist bloggers

Bangladesh police have arrested three atheist bloggers for defaming Islam and the prophet Mohammed, police said ...

Syrian rebels getting lots of Western arms

Russia on Monday cited what it called increasing evidence that Syrian rebels were obtaining large amounts of ...

UN ends Syria mission as Aleppo under renewed attack

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

Sudan rebels free 63 Sudan troops: Red Cross

Rebels in Sudan`s Darfur region have freed more than 60 Sudanese soldiers who have been handed over to government ...

Sri Lanka mulls freeing jailed ex-army chief

Sri Lankan authorities are mulling a pardon for jailed former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath ...

Sri lanka offers information on war detainees

Sri Lankan authorities released information for the first time on Sunday about thousands of people held under ...

Ranger, two soldiers killed in Congo gorilla park

A ranger and two soldiers were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo`s Virunga national park as thousands fled fierce ...