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Doctors in Syria’s rebel-controlled suburbs of Damascus said Wednesday they were unable to keep up with the staggering number of…

The top United Nations human rights official called on Iran on Friday to halt executions of young people convicted of…

More than 10,000 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in violence last year, the United Nations said on Thursday, with…

Prosecutors said Tuesday they have detained ex-President Alvaro Colom and nearly his entire former Cabinet, including the current chairman of…

US Ambassador Nikki Haley denounced Myanmar’s government Tuesday for continuing to make life for Rohingya Muslims “a death sentence,” citing…

Uganda is investigating allegations that its officials defrauded donors by inflating refugee numbers and diverting food aid, the prime minister’s…

It’s been almost two years since Deng Machar’s three young children were abducted from his home and likely sold for…

About 90 people are feared drowned after a smugglers’ boat carrying mostly Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya’s coast early Friday,…

A Syrian government offensive against the Al-Qaeda stronghold of Idlib and Turkish attacks on Kurdish forces in Afrin are creating…

In a last-ditch push towards peace in Syria, UN officials are hosting peace talks between the Damascus regime and the…